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War means fighting, and fighting means killing.” Nathan Bedford Forrest
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War communism or military communism was the economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921. This policy was adopted by the Bolsheviks with the aim of keeping towns and the Red Army supplied with weapons and food, in conditions in which all normal economic mechanisms and relations were being destroyed by the war. It ended on March 21, 1921 with the beginning of the New Economic Policy (NEP), which lasted until 1928.
- War Communism was the name given to the economic system that existed in Russia from 1918 to 1921.
- It was introduced by Lenin to combat the economic problems brought on by the civil war in Russia.
- Industry was nationalized and private trade was suppressed.
- Peasants were forced to hand over their entire produce except bare essentials.
Summary:
War communism or military communism was the economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921. This policy was adopted by the Bolsheviks with the aim of keeping towns and the Red Army supplied with weapons and food, in conditions in which all normal economic mechanisms and relations were being destroyed by the war. It ended on March 21, 1921 with the beginning of the New Economic Policy (NEP), which lasted until 1928.