War Communism in Russia

Communism refers to a

• economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

• system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

• political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

• economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

Capitalism refers to a

• economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

• system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

• political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

• economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

Totalitarianism refers to a

• economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

• system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

• political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

• economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

War Communism refers to a

• economic system based on private ownership, investment and competition, with minimum state control, where money and property are in private hands.

• system in which the state is the owner of important industries, and through one party controls the political, economic, social and cultural life of the people.

• political view which sees the individual as the servant of the state which demands the right to control his life and production capabilities through coercive measures. Centralised control.

• economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1921.

Nationalization is...

• the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

• an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

• the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

Expropriation is...

• the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

• an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

• the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

Requisitioning is...

• the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

• an official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

• the transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.

War Communism was set up...

• to establish new forms of private capitalism

• in order to help the red army during the civil war with food and weapons

• to feed town workers so they could make weapons for the red army

The main features of War Communism were...

• nationalization

• expropriation

• liberation

The first measures of War Communism was the

• nationalization of land.

• nationalization of banks and shipping

• declaring of foreign trade as a state monopoly