War Communism

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War Communism was the Bolshevik economic and political system during the Russian Civil War, characterized by state control of industry, forced grain requisitioning, and the suppression of private trade.

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Generate an image of War Communism (War Communism was the Bolshevik economic and political system during the Russian Civil War, characterized by state control of industry, forced grain requisitioning, and the suppression of private trade.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
War Communism canonical 14
War Communism economic policy 1
War Communism grain requisitions 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic policy ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political system ⓘ
appliedInCountry Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
caused decline in industrial output ⓘ
growth of black market ⓘ
peasant resistance ⓘ
urban depopulation ⓘ
widespread famine ⓘ
consideredByOthersAs attempt at immediate transition to socialism ⓘ
consideredBySomeAs emergency wartime measure ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
criticizedFor authoritarian methods ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
inefficiency ⓘ
field economic history ⓘ
followedBy New Economic Policy ⓘ
hasConsequence Kronstadt Rebellion context ⓘ
economic collapse by 1921 ⓘ
hasEconomicGoal ensure food supply to cities ⓘ
maintain control over strategic industries ⓘ
support Red Army during civil war ⓘ
hasKeyFeature ban on private enterprise in many sectors ⓘ
centralized economic planning ⓘ
forced grain requisitioning ⓘ
militarization of labor ⓘ
nationalization of large-scale industry ⓘ
priority supply for Red Army and urban workers ⓘ
rationing of food and goods ⓘ
state control of industry ⓘ
suppression of private trade ⓘ
use of coercion to secure grain and resources ⓘ
hasPoliticalAspect one-party rule by Bolsheviks ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
use of Cheka for enforcement ⓘ
ideologicallyLinkedTo Leninism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
implementedBy Bolsheviks ⓘ
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
implementedDuring Russian Civil War ⓘ
implementedUnderLeader Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
languageOfTerm Russian ⓘ
opposedBy White movement ⓘ
partOf early Soviet history ⓘ
replaced earlier mixed economy of revolutionary period ⓘ
replacedBy New Economic Policy ⓘ
timeEnd 1921 ⓘ
timeStart 1918 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Economic Policy → follows → War Communism ⓘ
Green armies → opposedPolicy → War Communism ⓘ
Kronstadt rebellion → hasCause → War Communism ⓘ
Cheka → participatedIn → War communism ⓘ
linked to: War Communism
Battle of Kronstadt → relatedTo → War Communism ⓘ
On Party Unity → politicalContext → War Communism ⓘ
On the Tax in Kind → replacesPolicy → War Communism grain requisitions ⓘ
linked to: War Communism
On the Tax in Kind → relatedConcept → War Communism ⓘ
RKP(b) → significantEvent → War Communism ⓘ
RKP(b) → implementedPolicy → War Communism ⓘ
Soviet economic legislation of 1921 → follows → War Communism economic policy ⓘ
linked to: War Communism