In 1917 Russia experienced a revolution that was one of the most prosperous political events of the twentieth century. With this revolution came the end of Russian Imperial rule. Vladimir Lenin, a revolutionary leader obtained control of Russia and eliminated the typical Czar rule. The Bolsheviks, a part of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, which was led by Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia in October 1917, and became the dominant political power.
The Bolsheviks later went on to become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Vladimir Lenin was the architect and first leader of the USSR. In the early 1890’s, Lenin led revolutionary movements to take over and get rid of the Russian Czar. Lenin later adopted beliefs of Marxism, which was an economic and social organization based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Lenin added …show more content…
This system included the return of agriculture, retail trade with other countries, small-scale industry to private individual ownership and management while the state retained control of large industry transport, banking, and foreign trade. Overall, the N.E.P. had the intended economic results that overall improved Russia’s economy. The peasants, now allowed to control and own their own property, peasants began to work their holdings profitably. Traders began to take over the transfer of rural food products to the towns. Accordingly, in the towns small consumer goods producers began to turn out the products for which the peasants now had an incentive to pay. The entire country soon began to return to economic normality. Before the N.E.P. came into place, the economy was in ruins. The overall negative impact had been immense, with 14 million dead since 1914, 2 million dead in World War I, the rest from famine, disease, civil war, and terror. Along with that 2 million emigrated to other European countries and the United
The Bolsheviks later went on to become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Vladimir Lenin was the architect and first leader of the USSR. In the early 1890’s, Lenin led revolutionary movements to take over and get rid of the Russian Czar. Lenin later adopted beliefs of Marxism, which was an economic and social organization based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Lenin added …show more content…
This system included the return of agriculture, retail trade with other countries, small-scale industry to private individual ownership and management while the state retained control of large industry transport, banking, and foreign trade. Overall, the N.E.P. had the intended economic results that overall improved Russia’s economy. The peasants, now allowed to control and own their own property, peasants began to work their holdings profitably. Traders began to take over the transfer of rural food products to the towns. Accordingly, in the towns small consumer goods producers began to turn out the products for which the peasants now had an incentive to pay. The entire country soon began to return to economic normality. Before the N.E.P. came into place, the economy was in ruins. The overall negative impact had been immense, with 14 million dead since 1914, 2 million dead in World War I, the rest from famine, disease, civil war, and terror. Along with that 2 million emigrated to other European countries and the United