The reasons for the change in Party policy are the result of unrest in the proletariat class, foreign security concerns, the desire to use terror as a form of control, and the desire for total power by the Soviet leaders. The leadership position may have changed from Lenin to Stalin, however the underlying desire for total control and power remains constant. It is evident to record a change in the Communist rule from the initial Communist ideals of 1917, through the years of War communism, then to its transition in 1924 to the New Economic Policy (NEP), to 1928 with the introduction of Industrialisation, Modernisation and Collectivisation. Other changes to policy have been recorded in the areas of foreign relations and internal purges. All of these significant changes to party policy have been a direct result of the need to strengthen the economy, hold total support and achieve military control, or more simply, to achieve the aim of totalitarianism.

Government soviet policy throughout the period of war communism had been predicated on the use of force and terror to gain political control and economic stabi

The changes in the Communist Party policies are attributable to the direct need to consolidate power, secure Russia from external intervention, and exert control over the Russian people through changes to economic, military, and foreign policies in the period from 1917 to 1934. All policy alterations support the need for this consolidation of totalitarian rule through their relation to conformity and control. Policy alteration was initiated when Lenin or Stalin felt their control of the Russian people was diminishing or endangered, and as a result sought to impose tough controls on the lives of each person under the banner of Communism.

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