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Lenin introduced the new economic policy to revive the economic policy and retain political power while building socialism. Socialism to be built without foreign aid.

Agricultural production left to the free market. Peasants could buy, sell and produce freely. The end of grain requisitioning replace by tax in kind. Smaller factories allowed to trade freely and were denationalised. The government invested in re opening factories which were closed down during civil war.

Famine ended, food of all kind available in market and city markets. Industrial growth, the government stimulated production

NEP was favoured by peasants which made 80% of Russia's population. NEP brought back economic stability for Russia.

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A series of emergency economic measures to ensure communist victory in the Civil War.

War Communism designed to ensure high levels of industrial production of war goods, an efficient allocation of workers and food production to feed soldiers, workers and the civilian population

Decree on nationalism, full ownership of major industries. Factories with 10+ using machines nationalised and directed by government. The Cheka and Red Guard would use force to take crops by force and arrest Kulaks if they refused to co-operate.

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A peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers  that ended Russia's participation in World War 1.

Recognition of Ukraine, Georgia and Finland as independent states. Russia giving up Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia given away to Germany and Austria-Hungary. 25% of oil exports given away to Germany

Leaving the world war allowed Bolsheviks to get the "breathing space" they required to consolidate power and a halt to the German advancements. The Bolsheviks could now focus on the civil war.

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Lenin established his genuinely popular decrees which he first introduced in his April Theses.

Decree on Land, giving peasants the right to seize land from the nobility and the church

Decree of Peace, committing the new government to withdraw from the first world war and seek peace.

Worker's Decree, establishing a 8 hour maximum working day and minimum wage.

Decree of Worker's Control, allowing workers to elect committees to run factories.

The decrees won the support for the regime from workers, peasants and soldiers

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Vladimir Lenin, a radical member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party insisted on a revolution. Lenin demanded an immediate end to the first world war and the redistribution of land to the peasants.

The Bolsheviks swept the nation with revolutionary ideas rising in power through a popular slogan "Peace, Land and Bread". Lenin's ideology became more popular as Russia continued to suffer during the war while the provisional government struggled to face economic problems.

By October 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks had enough support to overthrow the provisional government. Lenin seized the moment a coup d'etat