Russian Civil War (1919 to 1921):
- The Bolsheviks were also referred to as the Reds.
- The whites were all whom were opposed to the Bolsheviks.
- Originally the whites conquered several battles, but eventually Leon led the Reds to multiple wins.
- Thanks to Leon, the Reds were generally more organized.
- Reds seemed to control industry.
War Communism:
- It began in the warmer months of 1918.
- What it did was make labor compulsory.
- Peasants were immediately forced to hand over their productions besides the bare essentials.
- Private trade was squashed to allow the war communism to prosper.
- Lenin eventually realized that War Communism was hated and seemed to be failing due to lack of incentive to the general population.
- Lenin brought in the New Economic Plan.
- Peasants could sell surplus, small private trade was allowed and industry eventually began to recover.