initial decrees

Question 1

Decree on Peace:
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 1

26th Oct 1917
peace without annexations or indemnities + transparent negotiations
ww1

Question 2

Land Decree:
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 2

27th Oct 1917
legalises the peasants seizure of land
ensure support of peasants, deliver on rev promises

Question 3

Press Decree:
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 3

27th Oct 1917
Ban on non-socialist newspapers/ kadets
remove political opposition + censorship

Question 4

Decree on 8 hour working day:
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 4

29th Oct 1917
8 hour working day
deliver rev promise for better conditions

Question 5

Decree on Workers’ Control
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 5

14th November 1917
Workers can apply for Worker Control Committee
Deliver rev promise of dict. of prole. and attempt to transition to socialist economy

Question 6

Decree on Marriage:
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 6

31st Dec 1917
Marriage as a consensual act, marriage and divorce becomes a civil matter + more rights
for womens lib

Question 7

Decree on dissolution of CA
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 7

19th Jan 1918
End any prospect of CA returning
to “"”protect prole””” and keep power out of B, but to centralise sovnarkom power

Question 8

Decree on Est. of Workers’ and Peasants’ Army
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 8

28th Jan 1918
creation of Red Army, a class conscious force
to manage civil war

Question 9

Decree on Nationalisation
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 9

28th June 1918
Nationalising of heavy industry, establishment of Vesenkha
pressure from prole, to centralise econ in war

Question 10

Decree on CHEKA
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 10

7th Dec 1917
temporary secret police force
to return order to society

Question 11

Decree on Red Terror
when?
detail?
why?

Answer 11

5th September 1918
Expand power of Cheka, concentration camps, ability tp execute
Quell ppl