During the first six months, following the Bolshevik Revolution, they led with one vision and one leader, Lenin, despite some minor debates, and followed through the vital civil war period, where survival was she only goal. ... Since pre-revolution, the Bolsheviks had direction and a leader, provided through the April theses and was implemented through populist policies including, the land decree and workers' rights policies. ... As a result of Trotsky's failure to achieve a successful treaty, through his "no peace no war strategy" the part divided between the leftists and...

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War communism was introduced to ensure that the Red Army was fed and equipped during the Civil War and to introduce a system of communism. ... In 1921, the Kronstadt mutiny, where sailors previously loyal to the Bolsheviks revolted against War Communism. ... By 1925, food production had returned to pre-war levels. ... "Nationalization of all the lands- Though later when War Communism was introduced it was much the opposite, they had the Red Army, conscription and the CHEKA. ... The social structure of pre-revolutionary Russia was unfair, the peasants and the city workers did all the hard ...

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