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Russian Civil War: The Failed Fightback Against Bolshevism

The Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War (1917–22) despite fragmented opposition, at enormous human cost and with contested dating of its start and end.
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Lenin's New Economic Policy: Communism's Flirtation with Capitalism

The New Economic Policy (NEP) of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), leader of Soviet Russia, was the introduction in 1921 of a limited form of capitalism in light industry and agriculture. Contrary to Marxist economic ideas, the NEP was viewed as a necessary measure to recover from the economic disasters of WWI and the Russian Civil War. Although the NEP did lead to an economic recovery, it did not create a significantly expanded and technologically advanced economy.
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Consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution

The long-term goal of the Bolsheviks, who took power by force in Russia in November 1917, was a fairer society where workers and peasants were not exploited by wealthy capitalists. The more immediate consequences, though, of the Bolshevik Revolution were the replacement of the Provisional Government by a highly centralised one-party state, the nationalisation of industries, the radical redistribution of land to the peasantry,
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