Revision on Russia

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Revision on Russia

  1. Give two examples of industries which remained under government control with the NEP

Two example of industries that remained under government control during the NEP were the coal industry and the steel industry

  1. Describe the features of War Communism

War communism intended to feed the army during the times of the Russian Civil War. This was done by grain requisition, which was sacking the surplus f grain peasants produced. As a consequence of this, peasants no longer wanted to produce a surplus, but just enough food as to survive. Another feature of War communism was the takeover of factories. To have more control over the industry, the government took over factories and put their own managers in charge of them.

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  1. Why was the Kronstadt rising, March 1921, considered so important?

When the communist revolution started in 1917, the sailors of the Kronstadt naval base had been between the most important supporters of this event, even firing artillery shells over Petrograd the night of the revolution. However, three years later, these strong supporters of communism now considered that ‘life under the yoke of the Communists dictatorship has become more terrible than death’.

In March 1921, the sailors of the Kronstadt naval base revolted against the communist government, because they had not received what they expected from the ...

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