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.

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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.