Communism: Power to All
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Background
Marxism
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Class Struggle
Social Revolution
Classless Society
Russian Revolution
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The Bolshevik Party
Russian Civil War
Lenin
War Communism
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Policies of the Bolshevik Party
Food Shortages
Results of War Communism
New Economic Policy
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Causes of NEP
Effects of NEP
Political Discipline and Stalin's Rise to Power
Stalin
Great Purge
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Causes of the Great Purge
Effects of the Great Purge
Five-Year Plans
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Rapid Industrialization
Collectivization
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Dekulakization
Aftermath of Collectivization
Conclusion
Bibliography
Results of War Communism
A group of Russian peasants.
War communism was an economic failure. Food supplies rose at first, but industrial production and employment, harvests, and living standards fell continuously. This resulted in some Bolsheviks advocating for extending control over peasant farming.