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New Economic Policy (NEP) was an economic policy announced by Vladimir Lenin. It was announced to prevent Russian economy from falling. The policy allowed private and light industries such as malnufacture of clothes, shoes, etc to be owned by citizens while the government still control heavy industries and important business such as bank and foreign trade. It was announced on March 21, 1921 and Lenin said it will be temporary.It was officially decided in the course of the 10th congress of the All-Russian Communist Party.
 * Key Words || Definition ||
 * New Economic Policy (NEP) || An economic policy announced by Lenin. It replaced War Communism that control Russia in the past. It was announced to help Russia's economy from falling. ||
 * Vladimir Lenin || The leader of the Bolsheviks who announce NEP ||
 * Scissor Crisis || An event during the NEP when price of agricultural and industrial products widen. ||

The start of NEP

NEP was announced on March 21, 1921. The policy replaced the old War Communism policy that used to be Russia's economy system. War Communism also damaged the weak Russia's economy as a result of wars. It was officially decided in the course of the 10th congress of the All-Russian Communist Party.

Differences between War Communism and NEP

In War Communism, peasent must give nearly all of the grain they have harvested to the government. If the peasants disobey, they could be shot. War Communism also restricted private businesses. Anyone disobeying the rules could also be shot. The food that were collected will be distributed to everyone.The main goal of War Communism is to suppled the army and towns with food and weapons. In NEP, the government only take half of the grain from the peasants, peasants can keep the surplus (the remains) and sold it and gain money from the sold grain. The government will instead take taxes from food selling from the peasants. The NEP also allowed private businesses to be owned by the peasants.

NEP Compare to War Communism

The Result

The results of NEP were that agricultural product such as grains greatly increase. The products grown much faster then heavy industries and to keep frofits, the heavy industry began to sell their products at a higher price. Because of that, farmers have to buy manufactured goods at a higher price so they have to sold much more products to buy those goods. With much agriculture product sold, the price of agriculture product drop while the price of manufactured goods increased and it created Scissor crisis. Peasents then started to keep their products for higher price or sold them to NEP men (Traders or Middle-men) which gave them higher price. Althought many sides have view that NEP was a failure, NEP eventually recovered Russia from the effects of World War I, Russo-Japanese War and Russian Civil war.

The End of NEP

After Lenin's death, Nikolai Bukharin became a supporter of NEP but the policy only lasted until Joseph Stalin came to power. He set up two goals and one of the goals involved getting rid of NEP. The plan was called "Collectivilization" and the main goal of the plan is to destroy all trace of capitalism that have entered Russia with NEP.

Scissor crisis graph

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[] Bloom's Questions

Remembering:When was NEP announced? Understanding:Explain the main goal of NEP? Applying:Could this have happened in Russia in 1917? Analyzing:Compare between NEP and War communism economy system. Which is better? Explain Evaluating:Do you think NEP is a good or a bad thing? Creating:Is there anyway to develop Lenin's NEP? List at least 1 improvement.

Answers to Bloom's Question

Remembering:When was NEP is announced? NEP was announced in March 21, 1921

Understanding:What was the main purpose of NEP? The main purpose of NEP was to improve Russia's Economy.

Applying:Could this have happened to Russia in 1717? No, because that time, the government was more interested in being apart of the war than to care for the nation's inflation.

Analyzing : Compare between NEP and War communism economy system. Which is better? Explain NEP -Jumpstarted Russia's economy -Peasants had enough crops to provide their family. -The government allowed citizens to open small business. -The government didn't take surpluses from farmers War Communism -Laws for workers was strict, and people breaking it could be killed. -Agricultural surpluses from peasants were divided around the nation. -Food were rationed and distributed in a centralized way. -Private businesses became illegal.

Evaluating : Do you think NEP is a good or a bad thing? NEP is a good thing, it helped the nation's economy. But there were some downsides to it.

Creating : Is there anyway to develop Lenin�s NEP? List at least 1 improvement. Stop the farmers from strip farming. Introduce modern technology to help with farming, for example using tractors instead of ploughs.

Challenging Bloom Question

To what extent was NEP responsible for the change of Russia's economy before it was anounced? NEP was responsible to a large extent in changing Russia's economy after it was announced.It was respondsible for both the growth and downfall of Russia's economy. NEP helped recover Russia's economy from wars in the past (Russo-Japanese War, World War I and Russian Civil War). NEP also prevented peasents from dying of starvation as a result of wars. Meanwhile, the negative results were that it creates scissor crisis and scissor crisis led to the disasterous Stalin's Collectivilization which killed a lot of people. In overall, NEP did a good job of preventing Russia's economy from falling but it led to more disasterous events.

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