state capitalism
What state capitalism means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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An early Bolshevik policy that combined nationalisation of banks and large industry with some private enterprise and foreign concessions, aiming to stabilise the economy.
The initial policy of keeping existing structures under state control, adopted by Lenin before the Civil War forced a shift.
Topics that use state capitalism
- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Bolshevik consolidation, 1918–1924 (AQA A-Level)
- Defending the Bolshevik revolution, October 1917–24 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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