It was an attempt to try to end slavery!!
<span>The N.E.P. was masterfully designed to bring capital into the state, which it did, and to help it prosper economically. However, some socialists believe it may have gone too far with its free-market economic style and possibly could have lead the Soviet Union into permanently possessing a capitalist economy, which would have destroyed the socialist priority. The original plan, however, was to havecapitalism in place until the economy was strong enough to achieve socialism.
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The Russians were upset because the terms of the treaty were extremely harsh. Russia had to give up almost half of its European territory and turn them over to Germany. Russia lost large areas of prime agricultural lands, eighty per cent of the coal mines and half of its other industries. Russia also had to pay six billion marks in reparation.
