War Communism
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War Communism was the Bolshevik economic and political system during the Russian Civil War, characterized by state control of industry, forced grain requisitioning, and the suppression of private trade.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War communism | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic policy
ⓘ
historical period ⓘ political system ⓘ |
| appliedInCountry |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Russia
|
| caused |
decline in industrial output
ⓘ
growth of black market ⓘ peasant resistance ⓘ urban depopulation ⓘ widespread famine ⓘ |
| consideredByOthersAs | attempt at immediate transition to socialism ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAs | emergency wartime measure ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
authoritarian methods
ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ inefficiency ⓘ |
| field | economic history ⓘ |
| followedBy | New Economic Policy ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
Kronstadt Rebellion context
ⓘ
economic collapse by 1921 ⓘ |
| hasEconomicGoal |
ensure food supply to cities
ⓘ
maintain control over strategic industries ⓘ support Red Army during civil war ⓘ |
| hasKeyFeature |
ban on private enterprise in many sectors
ⓘ
centralized economic planning ⓘ forced grain requisitioning ⓘ militarization of labor ⓘ nationalization of large-scale industry ⓘ priority supply for Red Army and urban workers ⓘ rationing of food and goods ⓘ state control of industry ⓘ suppression of private trade ⓘ use of coercion to secure grain and resources ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAspect |
one-party rule by Bolsheviks
ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ use of Cheka for enforcement ⓘ |
| ideologicallyLinkedTo |
Leninism
ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| implementedDuring | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| implementedUnderLeader | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Russian ⓘ |
| opposedBy | White movement ⓘ |
| partOf | early Soviet history ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier mixed economy of revolutionary period ⓘ |
| replacedBy | New Economic Policy ⓘ |
| timeEnd | 1921 ⓘ |
| timeStart | 1918 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
War communism