The New Economic Policy |
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The New economic Plan was introduced to Lenin to over come the shortages within the country. Focusing on the limited amounts of food, Lenin wanted to re-build the country's economic status. Therefore, with this plan small factories were formed and previously owned industry were beginning to recover.
Quote"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency." -Lenin
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Notes-By 1921 Lenin realized War Communism was not causing a recovery
-He brought in the NEP -Some private trade was permitted -Peasants could sell surplus -Small factories could be purchased by a co-operative for private ownership -Some parts of the industry began to recover under the NEP Subjunctive QuestionWithout the NEP would Russia would have been to function? How much did Lenin's plan benefit the people's lives?
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