Lenin - Industry 1917-1928 Flashcards
When was the NEP introduced?
1921
Why was the NEP introduced?
A pragmatic/strategic response to combat revolts again grain requisitioning and the economic climate post civil war
What did the NEP intend to achieve?
- economic stability
- restore private commercial activity
- rapid economic recovery
How did the NEP offend Bolsheviks?
It was an ideological betrayal
When was there a mutiny at Kronstadt naval base?
March 1921 - the Cheka arrested 15,000 of the 30,000 sailors - the leaders were shot
Why was the NEP introduced?
A pragmatic/strategic response to combat revolts again grain requisitioning and the economic climate post-civil war
What was reopened as a result of the NEP?
Private retail shops
When was rationing abolished?
Nov 1921
When were peasants allowed to hire labour and rent land?
March 1922
What political ideology did the NEP align with?
Capitalist practices
What group did the NEP create?
Nepmen - quintessentially traders in scarce goods
How was the NEP’s ‘capitalism’ different to that previously in Russia?
Bankers, industrialists, stockbrokers and landlords were a thing of the past - no high bourgeoisie
When was the Nomenklatura system introduced and what was it?
1923
It was a composition of a list of 5,500 designated party and government posts - adminsitration
