Decree on Peace
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The Decree on Peace was a landmark 1917 Bolshevik proclamation that called for an immediate armistice and a democratic, no-annexations peace to end Russia’s involvement in World War I.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik proclamation
ⓘ
legal act ⓘ political decree ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ |
| aim |
democratic peace without annexations or indemnities
ⓘ
immediate armistice ⓘ withdrawal of Russia from World War I ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| callsFor |
open negotiations with all belligerent states
ⓘ
publication of secret treaties ⓘ |
| country |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| date | 1917-11-08 ⓘ |
| dateOldStyle | 1917-10-26 ⓘ |
| documentType | public proclamation ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| followedBy | Decree on Land ⓘ |
| government | Soviet government ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War I ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
| ideology | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Council of People's Commissars ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | foundational act of Soviet foreign policy ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
ⓘ
surface form:
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
|
| locationOfProclamation |
Smolny Institute
ⓘ
surface form:
Smolny Institute, Petrograd
|
| opposes |
imperialist war aims
ⓘ
secret diplomacy ⓘ |
| partOf | early Soviet decrees ⓘ |
| place |
Leningrad
ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
|
| policy |
no annexations
ⓘ
no indemnities ⓘ self-determination of peoples ⓘ |
| politicalMovement | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
ⓘ
surface form:
Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
|
| resultedIn |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
ⓘ
armistice on the Eastern Front ⓘ start of peace negotiations with the Central Powers ⓘ |
| significance |
first major foreign policy act of Soviet power
ⓘ
inspired anti-war and socialist movements internationally ⓘ symbolic break with tsarist and Provisional Government diplomacy ⓘ |
| subject |
end of participation in World War I
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ peace negotiations ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
governments of all warring states
ⓘ
workers, peasants, and soldiers of all belligerent countries ⓘ |
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