War Communism
- harsh living
- industry nationalized
- compulsory labour
- private trade was suppressed
- peasants were forced to hand over their entire produce except bare essentials
NEP
- Lenin realized War Communism wasn't causing a recovery
- had to bring in some capitalism
- brought in this policy
- some private trade was permitted
- peasants could sell surplus
- small factories could be purchased by a co-operative for private ownership
- some parts of industry began to recover under the NEP