Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Soviet Union yakatanga kuita zvoupfumi hwaiitwa kuti huitwe nomunhu mumwe, hwaiita kuti kugadzirwa uye kugoverwa kwezvinhu zviitwe nomunhu mumwe uye kutungamirirwa nehurumende. Chiitiko chokutanga chavaBolshevik nehupfumi hwekuraira chaiva mutemo weWar communism
, iyo yaibatanidza kunyoreswa kweindasitiri, kugoverwa kwepakati kwezvigadzirwa, kumanikidza kugadzirwa kwekurima, uye kuedza kubvisa kutenderera kwemari, mabhizinesi 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.