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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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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

  5. Decree on Food Procurement expands coercive grain collection

    Labels: Decree on, Food Monopoly

  6. Committees of the Poor endorsed to aid procurement

    Labels: Committees of, Kombedy

  7. Decree nationalizes large-scale industry

    Labels: Industry Nationalization, Large-scale Industry

  8. Workers’ and Peasants’ Defense Council formed

    Labels: Workers' and

  9. Prodrazvyorstka requisitioning introduced across Soviet Russia

    Labels: Prodrazvyorstka, Grain Requisitioning

  10. Tambov Rebellion begins amid requisitioning resistance

    Labels: Tambov Rebellion, Peasant Revolt

  11. Gosplan established as planning commission

    Labels: Gosplan, State Planning

  12. Kronstadt rebellion erupts against Bolshevik rule

    Labels: Kronstadt Rebellion, Kronstadt Sailors

  13. 10th Party Congress adopts NEP turn and bans factions

    Labels: 10th Party, Party Unity

  14. Tax in kind (prodnalog) decreed, replacing requisitioning

    Labels: Prodnalog, Tax in

  15. Russian famine begins in spring 1921

    Labels: Russian Famine, Famine