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235 The Five-Year Plan

The History of the Twentieth Century

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This chapter focuses on the challenges the Soviet Union encountered after Lenin's death, particularly in trying to establish a socialist economy. It covers the shortcomings of war communism and the mixed outcomes of Lenin's New Economic Policy amid the absence of a clear Marxist guide.

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