War Communism (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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War Communism
War Communism
Emergency economic system, direct govt control, 1918
Year War Communism started
Year War Communism started
1918
War Communism period
War Communism period
1918-1921
Requisitioning meaning
Requisitioning meaning
Govt seizure of grain at low state-set prices
Cheka in War Communism
Cheka in War Communism
Secret police that seized peasant grain
Industry under War Communism
Industry under War Communism
Nationalized, focused on military needs
Red Terror
Red Terror
Mass killings & repression by Bolsheviks
Wages under War Communism
Wages under War Communism
Abolished; workers got food/goods rations
Why War Communism implemented
Why War Communism implemented
To supply Red Army & survive Civil War
Industrial loss from Brest-Litovsk
Industrial loss from Brest-Litovsk
40%
Food regions lost from Brest-Litovsk
Food regions lost from Brest-Litovsk
60%
1920 farm output vs 1913
1920 farm output vs 1913
37%
Policy after War Communism
Policy after War Communism
NEP (New Economic Policy), 1921