Yabloko will host a lecture by Vladimir Buldakov on the new economic policy of 1921 – 1926 as a path to dictatorship
Press Release, 11.03.2024
On 25 March, the Yabloko Party University will host a lecture on the New Economic Policy (NEP) in the USSR in 1921 – 1926 as a path to dictatorship. The lecturer is Vladimir Buldakov, Doctor of Historical Sciences and chief researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The NEP period is perceived as perhaps the most liberal period of Soviet history. However, this is only true against the background of the policies of the “war communism” (extreme centralisation of the economy, nationalisation of medium and large production and partially small production, state monopoly on many agricultural products, confiscation of bread and other products from peasants, ban on private trade, reduction of goods-money relations, equality principle in the distribution of goods, and use of the army and militia in the national economy) and the Great Terror. The post-revolutionary period of 1922-1928 was full of contradictions that were “unsolvable” for the Bolshevik government. On the other hand, the total archaisation of social space gave rise to the willingness of people to concede to the traditional form of domination and subordination.
Posted: March 11th, 2024 under Conferences and Seminars, History, Human Rights.