Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kugadziridza kwakasimba kwehupfumi, indasitiri uye zvematongerwe enyika kwenyika kwakatanga mumazuva ekutanga esimba reSoviet muna 1917. Chikamu chikuru chaikoku chakaitwa mukuwirirana neBolshevik Initial Decrees, magwaro ehurumende akanyorwa naVladimir Lenin. Chimwe chezviitiko zvaiva pachena zvikuru chaiva chirongwa cheGOELRO, icho chaifungidzira kugadziridzwa kukuru kwezvemari yeSoviet kwakavakirwa pamagetsi akazara enyika. Urongwa uhwu hwakava muenzaniso wezvirongwa zvemakore mashanu zvakazotevera uye hwakazadzikwa muna 1931. Pashure pomutemo wezvemari we"War communism
" mukati meHondo yeVanhu yeRussia, sechiratidziro chekusimudzira kuzere kwehusoshialisiti munyika, hurumende yeSoviet yakabvumidza mamwe mabhizimisi akazvimirira kuti agare pamwe chete neindasitiri yenyika mumakore e1920, uye kutorwa kwezvokudya mumaruwa kwese kwakatsiviwa nemutero wezvokudya.