Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Soviet Union yakashandisa nzira yokuronga zvinhu, umo kugadzirwa uye kugoverwa kwezvinhu kwaiitwa uye kwaitungamirirwa nehurumende. Chiitiko chokutanga chavaBolshevik nehupfumi hwekuraira chaiva mutemo we
War communism, iyo yaibatanidza kuitwa kuti indasitiri ive yenyika, kugoverwa kwezvinhu zvinogadzirwa, kudzvinyirirwa kwezvigadzirwa zvokurima, uye kuedza kubvisa kutenderera kwemari, mabhizimisi akazvimirira uye kutengeserana kwakasununguka. Pashure pokuparara kwakakomba kwezvemari, Lenin akatsiva hondo yechikomonisiti neNew Economic Policy (NEP) muna 1921, achibvumidza kutengeserana kwakasununguka uye muridzi oga wemabhizimisi maduku. Somugumisiro, upfumi hwakakurumidza kumuka.