Capitalism as the main economic system in Russia was abolished by Lenin in Russia. Never the less, when Russia's economy began failing and both industrial and agricultural production fell below even the levels of the Tsarist regime, he instituted what he called a "New Economic Policy." This reintroduced aspects of capitalism in the agricultural sector and in small businesses and factories.
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No: the extent of capitalism and the wages system was greatly extended in Russia under Lenin.