Theme 2: Economy Lenin 1918-21
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- Economy: Lenin 1918-21
- Objectives
- Modernisation
- Believed socialism needed advanced economy
- Consolidation
- Achieve economic stability to retain power
- Destruction of capitalism
- Create economy more efficient than capitalism
- End inequality
- Military victory
- Supply Red Army prioritised during Civil War
- Modernisation
- Often put immediate pragmatic goals over long term ideological goals
- War Communism
- 1918-21
- Emergency economic measures to ensure Communist CW victory
- Nationalisation of ALL industry
- Food dictatorship
- Grain requisitioned and rationed by state
- Food free market abolished
- Workers and soldiers largest rations
- Smallest given to bourgeoisie
- 11hr working day
- Compulsory work for all men 16-50
- State Capitalism
- March 1918
- Nationalisation of large industry
- Ownership of industry passed onto State
- Control of nationalised industries passed down to Vesenkha
- Coordinated production to meet societal needs
- Offered higher pay to productive workers
- incentivise + discipline
- Factories + economy managed by high paid experts
- > efficient
- Temporary, pragmatic measure
- Consequences of War Communism
- War victory but economic ruin
- No incentives for workers
- Economic crisis
- 1920 countryside famine
- 1921 harvest half of 1913 harvest
- 6m dead
- Workers fled cities looking for food
- Industrial workforce declined by 1.4m from 197 to 1921
- 1921 harvest half of 1913 harvest
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