Event Title
The Successful Retreat of the Soviet New Economic Policy
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
History, Russian Studies
Mentor Information
Edward A Cole, colee@gvsu.edu
Department
History
Location
Kirkhof Center 2215
Start Date
13-4-2011 11:00 AM
End Date
13-4-2011 11:30 AM
Keywords
Culture, Global Change, Historical Perspectives, Social Science, War and Peace
Abstract
This paper examines the New Economic Policy of the Soviet Union, established after the failures of War Communism in 1921 and, as a "road to socialism," dismantled by Stalin's Second Revolution in 1928. By 1921, Soviet Russia faced economic and social collapse, particularly among the discontented peasantry, who were abused by the State through forced grain requisitioning. However, considered a retreat at the time by many Party leaders, The New Economic Policy restored stability, appeased the discontented peasantry, and set the country on a path toward growth by reestablishing capitalism in the villages.
The Successful Retreat of the Soviet New Economic Policy
Kirkhof Center 2215
This paper examines the New Economic Policy of the Soviet Union, established after the failures of War Communism in 1921 and, as a "road to socialism," dismantled by Stalin's Second Revolution in 1928. By 1921, Soviet Russia faced economic and social collapse, particularly among the discontented peasantry, who were abused by the State through forced grain requisitioning. However, considered a retreat at the time by many Party leaders, The New Economic Policy restored stability, appeased the discontented peasantry, and set the country on a path toward growth by reestablishing capitalism in the villages.