The #TambovRebellion, a #socialist peasant uprising against the #authoritarian #Bolshevik state and its #famine-inducing #WarCommunism, was hit with #ChemicalWeapons beginning on #ThisDayInHistory in 1921, killing many thousands (with up to 240,000 total killed in the uprising).

The #NewEconomicPolicy was enacted by the #Soviet state on #ThisDayInHistory in 1921, replacing some of the #WarCommunism policies that had so badly hurt production. This pragmatic shift under #Lenin effectively created a #MixedEconomy, with significant market elements.