Lenin and the New Economic Policy + Kronstadt Rising (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards

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Lenin and the New Economic Policy + Kronstadt Rising
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NEP introduction date

March 1921

Why Lenin introduced NEP

Response to economic crisis & unrest from War Communism

What NEP replaced for grain collection

Forced requisitioning

NEP tax in kind policy

Peasants sold surplus after meeting tax quota

Small-scale industries under NEP

Denationalised; allowed private ownership

Soviet economy by mid-1920s under NEP

Recovered to pre-WWI levels

Kronstadt Rising date

March 1921

Location of Kronstadt naval base

Kotlin Island, Gulf of Finland

Cause of Kronstadt Rising

Dissatisfaction with War Communism policies

Name of Kronstadt rebels' demands

Petropavlovsk Resolution

Kronstadt demand: elections

New elections to Soviets with secret ballots

Kronstadt demand: freedoms

Freedom of speech & assembly for workers & peasants

Date Red Army stormed Kronstadt

March 17, 1921

Nature of Kronstadt suppression

Brutal; thousands killed or executed

What Kronstadt Rising catalysed

Introduction of NEP

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