Policy of war communism assumed the full mobilization of the population for war, monopolisation of production and the nationalization of factories employing more than 5 persons. as a result of nationalization decrees implemented immediately after the october revolution and the nationalization of industry under the act of june 28, 1918 the bolshevik government de facto abolished the private sector in the economy, war communism failed new economic policy nep meant a change in the economic policies of the soviet government and the introduction of more market economic mechanisms. during this time (1921-29) allowed to take small private enterprises (particularly in agriculture and services), leaving the state monopoly in the field of large industries (mainly heavy industry), trade (especially foreign trade), banking and financial institutions, allowing also the licensed business and international companies. despite the fact that nep worked wonderfull for economy after gaining full power stalin decided to abbandon it, firstly he supported maintaing of nep contrary to trotskyists, but after defeating them he decided to introtuced first 5 year plan which main point was collectivization of agriculture. in 1929 joseph stalin began a policy of forced collectivization of agriculture in the soviet union, despite the opposition of influential politicians of the politburo. collectivization process accelerated in january 1930, mainly in regions with a high level of grain production, using mass terror directed especially in economically strong rich peasants (in soviet propaganda, the so called. kulaks). terror was then directed to the smallholder farmers and middle farmers, which along with their families were sent to labor camps or deported to siberia. in the period 1930-1932, this policy provoked massive resistance in the countryside all over the soviet union, especially in the area of the north caucasus - where communist authorities pacified the protests by sending in the area of internal security troops of the ogpu and the red army until 1932 which killed approx. 1 million opposing collectivization people
