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Calque of Russian вое́нный коммуни́зм (vojénnyj kommunízm).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The economic policy of the Soviet Russia from 1918 to 1921 during the Russian Civil War (1917‒23) and the Allied intervention (1918‒25). Full definition →
Calque of Russian вое́нный коммуни́зм (vojénnyj kommunízm).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.