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.

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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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Description of subject: 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.

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Russian Revolution significantDocument Decree on Peace
Decree on Land relatedTo Decree on Peace