c. How far was the New Economic Policy a success?
The economy was devastated by the effects of fighting the First World War and then the civil war. After the Kronstadt rising, Lenin implemented a controversial New Economic Policy in order to foster an economic recovery in the post-war period. What was the Kronstadt rising? The Kronstadt Sailors Sailors based on the naval base on the island of Kronstadt near to Petrograd had been loyal to the Bolsheviks both during...