CH 9 Maniak Buch Klasse

Core Concept

The 1920s under the New Economic Policy (NEP) presented a dynamic yet deeply contradictory period of partial market restoration, cultural experimentation, and underlying social distress and state control.

Partial Capitalism

NEP allowed small-scale private trade and market activity to restore a shattered economy, though hardcore revolutionaries saw this as an ideological compromise.

Disillusionment on the Left

Foreign and domestic anarchists/socialists grew disenchanted by growing social stratification and bureaucratic control.

Homelessness & Abandoned Children

Post-war devastation produced widespread social crisis, including millions of homeless street children (besprizornye).

Intellectual & Cultural Atmosphere

Moscow became a site of intense cultural, literary, and urban transformation alongside emerging ideological conformity.

Subjectivity & Ideology

Citizens and party members used diaries and autobiographies to internalize Bolshevik values and forge a 'Soviet self.'

Industrial Labor

Class tension persisted in factories as the state pressured workers to boost productivity.