How much do you agree that the communist government faced serious economic and political challenges in the years 1917-28? The communist government faced some political and economic challenges in the years 1917-28, with civil war leading to economic collapse, mass poverty and political crisis. The communist government tried to introduce measures to solve these problems, but each solution brought new political and economic challenges. The first economic and political challenges occurred during the civil war, when the country was falling apart and the government needed to hold itself together so the country became more centralized and authoritarian, to gain greater control over the population. Lenin introduced war communism to deal with the effects of civil war. This legislation consisted of many measures that included food dictatorship to ensure that food reached the soldiers and workers. This included requisitioning and rationing of grain. This allowed CHEKA to seize grain and other foodstuffs from farmers without payment. The Commissariat for Supply rationed the seized food to ensure that the workers and soldiers received the majority of the food and that the least amount went to the bourgeoisie. This was a solution to the challenges facing the communist government. Another measure was labor discipline, this meant that all able-bodied individuals between the ages of 16 and 50 were compulsory, this way the country was never short of labor and could reach its maximum production. The working day was also extended to 11 hours in 1918. Work discipline meant that Russia could make the most of Russian resources to deal with the crisis it was facing. As part of war communism, industries were nationalized, meaning that all industries were n...... half the paper ......ap between agricultural income and industrial prices, since now farmers did not they could afford industrial equipment, so they had less incentive to reproduce grain. The government's response to this was to subsidise, so that the farmers could now afford the machinery, but this then left an economic crisis and this meant they had less money to improve the economy. This indicated to Trotsky that the NEP solved some problems such as famine and protests, but the New Economic Policy was unable to industrialize the economy. In conclusion, the communist government faced many economic and political challenges in the years 1917-28 due to the civil war. and the government policy that sought to rebuild Russia. However later they tried to solve some problems, but not all, as the Russian government failed to industrialize the economy due to solving political and economic challenges..