To retreat from the brutality of War Communism Lenin set up the New Economic Policy (NEP), which lowered taxes, stopped the taking of grain, and reestablished local private trade. ... Stalin set up his own secret police, NKVD, that were extremely obedient and given unlimited power. ... The secret police arrested and executed thousands of party officials and ultimately established Stalin as the absolute power. ...

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