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New Economic Policy
Lenin abandoned communism and went in favor of his New Economic Plan (NEP) which allowed peasants to sell their produce openly,stores & small industries with 20 workers or less were allowed to be privately owned, although mines, banks, and large industries were still owned by the government. -
USSR Made
Lenin & the Communist party of Russia had formally made the new state, known as the USSR(Soviet Union); the new market & good harvest ended the famine, agricultural level rose 75% compared to prewar. The NEP had saved Russia's economy. -
Lenin dies
Lenin died causing a power struggle between the remaining seven Pilitburo(Communist Party's main policy makers) -
Trotsky Removed
Trotsky was removed from the Communist party and left for Mexico -
First Five Year Plan
Stalin ends the NEP & sets his first Five Year Plan which emphasized max production of military equipment and capital goods.It quadrupled the production of heavy machinery. -
The Rise of Stalin
Bolsheviks of the revolutionary era from the Politburo were removed by Stalin and Stalin had created a comfy dictatorship for himself. -
Housing Investments Declined
total investments in housing decline which lead to millions of families living in poor conditions; strict laws limited where workers could move. Rapid industrialization came with rapid collectivization of agriculture. -
Collectivization
10 million peasant households had been collectivized. Those who resisted Stalin were sent to labor camps. Millions died from starvation due to hoarding food and slaughtering livestock. -
Old Bolsheviks on Trial
1936-1938 was when the most prominent old Bolsheviks were put on trial and most to all were sentenced to death.
