To the Issue of the Reasons for the Transition to a New Economic Policy

Relevance. The author in the article proves the scientific opinion that the main reason that forced the Bolsheviks to abandon the very effective policy of war communism, in their opinion, was precisely the Kronstadt rebellion. The uprising in Kronstadt created real conditions for the loss of power by the Bolsheviks. The large-scale military protest was an unexpected phenomenon for the Bolsheviks and forced them to temporarily abandon their domestic political course.

The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons for the transition to a new economic policy.

Objectives The main objectives of this scientific study are: to analyze the historical conditions in which Soviet Russia found itself at the end of the Civil War; study of the main reasons for the country's transition to a new economic policy.

Methodology The main objectives of this scientific study are: to analyze the historical conditions in which Soviet Russia found itself at the end of the Civil War; study of the main reasons for the country's transition to a new economic policy.

Results became objective evidence that it was the social protest, which manifested itself in the form of peasant revolts throughout the country, and most importantly the Kronstadt uprising, that became the main reason for the Bolsheviks to switch to a new economic policy.

Conclusion Thus, by the end of 1920, Soviet Russia was actually devastated due to the ongoing civil conflict for several years, as well as as a result of the economic policy of the Bolsheviks. Having achieved a military victory over their main political opponents, the Bolsheviks were going to continue the economic course - the policy of war communism, which helped them win the Civil War. However, the population of the country was not at all going to be consumables for the economic experiments of the Bolshevik Party. It showed its sharp dissatisfaction with the economic course pursued in the country in large-scale peasant uprisings throughout the country and in the armed uprising of sailors and soldiers in Kronstadt. These circumstances forced the leader of the Bolshevik Party V.I. Lenin to abandon the course towards the accelerated construction of communism and move on to a new economic policy.

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