the bolsheviks too control over all industries for the production and distribution of goods in an attempt to, in line with socialist thinking, abolish the use of money and ban trade in the cities, why?
the bolsheviks had a core support group of workers and soldiers but did no enjoy widespread popular support, war communism, and the way they managed the cities and food supply saw to that, if it had not been for other factors, they may have lost support because of this policy.