War Communism
What War Communism means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The policy whose devastation, together with the Kronstadt Mutiny, led Lenin to introduce the New Economic Policy in 1921.
Introduced in 1918 to ensure the Red Army and urban workers were fed and equipped during the Civil War.
Topics that use War Communism
- Option 30: Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24 - 4 Economic and social change, 1918–24 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Cultural revolution
- Gender equality
- Ideological indoctrination
- Kronstadt Mutiny
- Social transformation
- Grain requisitioning
- Nationalisation of industry
- Nepmen
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