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New Economic Policy

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1921–1928Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1921

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin1921

Government / Government of Russia

At the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the economic policy known as the New Economic Policy, often abbreviated to NEP, was approved

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin1921

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Trade is legalized & by the mid 1920s GDP is restored to the levels of 1913. The NEP is introduced after the failure of War Communism. The economy is controlled by the state. Light industry & agriculture reverts to private ownership

1922

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov LeninMarch 1922

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Relaxes the NEP at the 10th Party Congress after peasant disturbances

1928

Joseph Stalin1928

Government / Government of Russia

Stalin, after consolidating power, ends the NEP in 1928

Names involved

Joseph StalinVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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