📅 31 December 1927
By the end of 1927, state grain procurement had fallen short as peasants withheld grain they considered underpriced. The crisis exposed a central tension of NEP: the state wanted cheap food and...
📅 6 January 1928
A Central Committee directive sent to local party organizations demanded intensified grain procurement as the shortfall in state purchases deepened. Authorities used criminal law, searches and...
📅 1 October 1928
The first Five-Year Plan period was launched from October 1928, although the plan was formally approved in 1929. It sought rapid industrial growth through state investment and output targets. The...
📅 31 December 1928
By the end of 1928, the NEP compromise was breaking down. Emergency grain seizures, accelerated industrial planning and the defeat of party opposition shifted the state toward command methods. This...
📅 21 March 1921
The Tenth Party Congress approved a shift from forced grain requisition toward a tax in kind, allowing peasants to sell surplus. NEP was a tactical retreat from War Communism amid economic collapse...
📅 8 February 1921
The draft addressed the crisis between the Soviet state and peasant households and informed the shift from requisitioning toward a tax in kind. It records a pragmatic adjustment after rural unrest,...
📅 21 April 1921
The pamphlet explained the New Economic Policy as a retreat from forced requisition and a controlled use of market exchange. Lenin argued that the state would retain commanding economic sectors; the...
