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War Communism and the Civil War Economy (1918–1921)

War Communism and the Civil War Economy (1918–1921)

  1. Decree on Workers’ Control issued

    Labels: Decree on, Factory Committees
  2. VSNKh (Vesenkha) established for economic management

    Labels: VSNKh, Supreme Council
  3. Banks nationalized by Soviet decree

    Labels: Bank Nationalization, State Bank
  4. Decree on Food Procurement expands coercive grain collection

    Labels: Decree on, Food Monopoly
  5. Committees of the Poor endorsed to aid procurement

    Labels: Committees of, Kombedy
  6. Decree nationalizes large-scale industry

    Labels: Industry Nationalization, Large-scale Industry
  7. Workers’ and Peasants’ Defense Council formed

    Labels: Workers' and
  8. Prodrazvyorstka requisitioning introduced across Soviet Russia

    Labels: Prodrazvyorstka, Grain Requisitioning
  9. Tambov Rebellion begins amid requisitioning resistance

    Labels: Tambov Rebellion, Peasant Revolt
  10. Gosplan established as planning commission

    Labels: Gosplan, State Planning
  11. Kronstadt rebellion erupts against Bolshevik rule

    Labels: Kronstadt Rebellion, Kronstadt Sailors
  12. 10th Party Congress adopts NEP turn and bans factions

    Labels: 10th Party, Party Unity
  13. Tax in kind (prodnalog) decreed, replacing requisitioning

    Labels: Prodnalog, Tax in
  14. Russian famine begins in spring 1921

    Labels: Russian Famine, Famine