Consequences of War Communism

Question 1

1. Name the 4 main consequences of W.C.

Answer 1

1. Economic Collapse.Growth of the Black Market.Mass Poverty.Political Crisis.

Question 2

1. What did Grain Requisitioning lead to?
   - Why did the peasants have no incentive to work?
2. The GDP of large scale industry in 1913 was ___ but by 1920 it was __
   - Agricultural production in 1913 was ___ but by 1920 it was __.
3. What led workers to leave cities? (2)
   - Where did they seek work after leaving?
4. What did the industrial workforce decreae by between 1917 and 22?
   - What was this due to?

Answer 2

1. Lower rates of agricultural production.
   - Not being paid for grain or labour.
2. 100, 21.
   - 100, 60.
3. No incentive to work and hunger.
   - On farms.
4. Almost 2m.
   - War & workers escaping cities.

Question 3

1. What % of food came from the Black Market compared to the % from rationing in the C.W?
2. What were workers forced to do?
   - What was this in order to do?
   - Give an example of this.
3. Why was the economy near collapse by 1921?
4. What did the govt order the destruction of in Petrograd?
   - Why?
5. What % of the 1913 harvest was the 1921 harvest?
6. How many people died from famine in rural areas?

Answer 3

1. 60% from B.M. - 40% from rationing.
2. Steal govt resources.
   - Make goods to be bartered for food.
   - Scrap metal and fuel to make lighters.
3. Shortages of all commodities.
4. Wooden buildings.
   - Use wood for fuel.
5. 46%.
6. 6 million people.

Question 4

1. Who rebelled against the CP between August 1920 and June 1921?
2. Who else turned against the govt?
3. How did the CP deal with the rebellions?
4. However, what did the political crisis mean?

Answer 4

1. Tambov peasants.
2. Kronstadt sailors.
3. Crushed them brutally.
4. End of War Communism.