jan 27, 1919 - War Communism
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new economic policy; "The Communists adopted a policy known as 'war communism.' They took over banks, mines, factories, and railroads. Peasants in the countryside were forced to deliver almost all of their crops to feed the army and hungry people in the cities. Peasant laborers were drafted into the military or forced to work in factories" (textbook, 482).
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