What are three characteristics of communism, and how did they impact the industry and agriculture of eastern Europe?

Answer 1

Communism had these principal traits:
? One-party dictatorial governments
? National economies planned and directed by organs of the state
? Abolition of private ownership (with some exceptions) in the fields of manufacturing, mining, transportation, commerce, and services
? Abolition of independent trade unions
? Varying degrees of socialization (state ownership) of agriculture and industry
Collectivization—in the farming context, the bringing together of individual landholdings into a government-organized and government-controlled agricultural unit—met with strong resistance.
Most industries were taken out of private hands, and national economic plans were developed. Communist planners did not aim at a balanced development of all types of industry. Instead, they emphasized those industries deemed essential to the development of a greater Soviet empire: mining, iron and steel, machinery, chemicals, construction materials, and electric power, for example. These were favored while consumer-type industries were neglected.