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'''Prodrazvyorstka''' (Russian: продразвёрстка, IPA: [prədrɐˈzvʲɵrstkə], short for продовольственная развёрстка, lit. food apportionment) was a Bolshevik policy and campaign of confiscation of grain and other agricultural products from peasants at nominal fixed prices according to specified quotas (the noun ''razvyorstka'', Russian: развёрстка, and the verb ''razverstat' '' refer to the partition of the requested total amount as obligations from the suppliers). | '''Prodrazvyorstka''' (Russian: продразвёрстка, IPA: [prədrɐˈzvʲɵrstkə], short for продовольственная развёрстка, lit. food apportionment) was a Bolshevik policy and campaign of confiscation of grain and other agricultural products from peasants at nominal fixed prices according to specified quotas (the noun ''razvyorstka'', Russian: развёрстка, and the verb ''razverstat' '' refer to the partition of the requested total amount as obligations from the suppliers). | ||
The term is commonly associated with war communism during the Russian Civil War when it was introduced by the Bolshevik government. However Bolsheviks borrowed the idea from the grain razvyorstka introduced in the Russian Empire in 1916 during World War I. | The term is commonly associated with war communism during the Russian Civil War when it was introduced by the Bolshevik government. However Bolsheviks borrowed the idea from the grain ''razvyorstka'' introduced in the Russian Empire in 1916 during World War I. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodrazvyorstka Prodrazvyorstka] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodrazvyorstka Prodrazvyorstka] @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 04:25, 28 October 2019
Prodrazvyorstka (Russian: продразвёрстка, IPA: [prədrɐˈzvʲɵrstkə], short for продовольственная развёрстка, lit. food apportionment) was a Bolshevik policy and campaign of confiscation of grain and other agricultural products from peasants at nominal fixed prices according to specified quotas (the noun razvyorstka, Russian: развёрстка, and the verb razverstat' refer to the partition of the requested total amount as obligations from the suppliers).
The term is commonly associated with war communism during the Russian Civil War when it was introduced by the Bolshevik government. However Bolsheviks borrowed the idea from the grain razvyorstka introduced in the Russian Empire in 1916 during World War I.
See also
- Prodrazvyorstka @ Wikipedia