Editing Prodnalog (section)

{{Short description|Food tax}}
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[[File:1921. Продовольственный налог - это маховое колесо государственного механизма.jpg|thumb|"The Food Tax is the Flywheel of the State Mechanism"]]
'''Prodnalog''' ({{lang-rus|продналог|p=prədnɐˈlok}}, [[syllabic abbreviation|from]] '''прод'''овольственный '''налог''', '''''prod'''ovolstvenniy '''nalog'''''; {{literally}} '''"food tax"''';) is the [[Russian language|Russian]] word for a [[taxation|tax]] on food production, [[barter|paid in kind]] in the [[Soviet Union]], and sometimes known as "'''the tax in kind'''". ''Prodnalog'' replaced ''[[prodrazvyorstka]]'' (introduced in 1919) and was introduced by a [[Soviet Decrees|Decree]] of the [[All-Russian Central Executive Committee]] on March 21, 1921. Separate decrees were issued for taxes on particular categories of produce: bread, milk, eggs, meat, oil, etc., as well as on hay, wool, and tobacco. After paying the tax, the peasants were allowed to trade the surplus.<ref>[https://ia601304.us.archive.org/9/items/kratkispravochn00komigoog/kratkispravochn00komigoog.pdf Краткий справочник продработника Моск. губ] (Brief Reference for Food Workers of the Moscow Governorate), 1921 (Includes the texts of the corresponding decrees)</ref> It was abolished in 1923 with the introduction of the unified {{ill|agricultural tax|ru|Сельскохозяйственный налог (СССР)}}.<ref>[https://bigenc.ru/c/prodnalog-ef3e24 Продналог], ''Great Russian Encyclpedia''</ref>