Lenin

• War communism included forced requistioning of agricultural produce. Grain requisitioning was the most hated policy as it involved taking away surpluses of food and grain, whcih meant a disincentive to grow more than was actually needed
• NEP led to an end of grain requisitoning and a return to peasants being allowed to sell surpluses in local markets
• The Decree on Land was issued by the Bolsheviks in 1917
• In 1925, a kulak was a peasant who owned at least 3 cows