Decree on Land
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The Decree on Land was a landmark Bolshevik policy issued after the Russian Revolution that abolished private landownership and redistributed land to the peasantry.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik policy
ⓘ
Soviet land reform measure ⓘ legal decree ⓘ |
| abolished |
church landownership
ⓘ
imperial family landownership ⓘ landlord property rights ⓘ monastic landownership ⓘ noble estates ⓘ private ownership of land ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
gaining peasant support for Soviet power
ⓘ
redistribution of land to the peasantry ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| basedOn |
agrarian programs of Socialist-Revolutionaries
ⓘ
peasant land mandates ⓘ |
| beneficiary | Russian peasantry ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dateAdopted |
26 October 1917
ⓘ
8 November 1917 ⓘ |
| followsCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
New Style (Gregorian calendar)
Old Style (Julian calendar) ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentAtTime | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Soviet period ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Council of People's Commissars
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of People’s Commissars
Soviet government ⓘ |
| influenced |
collectivization policies in the USSR
ⓘ
subsequent Soviet land codes ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| legalForm | decree of the Soviet government ⓘ |
| legalStatus | foundational act of Soviet agrarian policy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
conservative political forces
ⓘ
landowners ⓘ nobility ⓘ |
| politicalFaction |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
|
| proposedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| providedFor |
confiscation of landed estates without compensation
ⓘ
equalization of land use among peasants ⓘ nationalization of land ⓘ prohibition of hired labor in agriculture ⓘ prohibition of land lease ⓘ prohibition of land sale ⓘ transfer of land to peasant use ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Decree on Peace
ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| subjectMatter |
agrarian reform
ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ property rights ⓘ |
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