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Russia
What NEP stands for
Question | Answer |
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(National Freedoms) Which ethnic groups did Lenin allow their freedom? | To national and Muslim Cultures. |
(National Freedoms) Although the Bolsheviks controlled Ukraine, were the Ukrainians allowed to keep speaking their language? | Yes they were. In fact it was still taught in schools under the Bolshevik regime. |
(National Freedoms) In Muslim areas were bazars etc. allowed to reopen and continue? | Yes they were. Mosques were removed from Soviet control and the Koran was restored. People encouraged to speak their own language. |
(Experts) Which industries stayed nationalised? | The coal, iron, steel and railway industries. |
(Experts) Were 'experts' in their thing employed and paid a higher wage? | Yes. To increase production |
(Private enterprise) Did the Bolsheviks hand back factories to their rightful owner? | Yes. |
(Private enterprise) What was the name of the traders? What did they do? | They were called 'nepmen' and they were allowed to set up private small businesses. For a time they greatly boosted the Russian economy. |
(Private enterprise) What did the NEP system allow the peasants to do which War Communism didn't? | To grow their own grain and sell it on the free-market. However for this Lenin expected them to pay a tax on what they sold. |
What was the rich peasant called? | a 'Kulak'. They employed other peasants. |
What does NEP stand for? | New Economic Policy. |