What is War communism?
'''War communism''' is the name for the [[economic]] policies that introduced to [[Russia]] in 1918 by [[Vladimir Lenin]], leader of Russia from 1917 to 1924. The policy was ended in 1921 because it was not successful. Instead, he introduced the [[New Economic Policy]] in 1921. War Communism was introduced for many reasons. However, the most important ones were: * to feed and supply the hungry [[Red Army]] of [[Bolshevik]]s during the [[Russian Civil War]] * to move towards complete [[communism]] It was bad for the Russian economy because the government took away extra [[grain]] produced by the [[peasant]]s. This was known as grain requisitioning. Peasants were not allowed to sell their extra food, so they stopped producing more than they needed to eat. This created a Russian [[famine]] with millions of people foodless and starving. [[Category:Communism]] [[Category:Economic policy]] [[Category:Russian Revolution]] [[Category:1918 establishments in Russia]] [[Category:1921 disestablishments]] {{history-stub}}