Lenin's Early Reforms

Question 1

what and when was the land decree?

Answer 1

october 1917 - abolished private ownership of land and put it in the hands of ‘the people’ - vague but made the peasants happy because they felt in control of the land they farmed

Question 2

what and when was the decree on workers’ control?

Answer 2

november 1917 - gave control of the factories to the industrial workers

Question 3

what happened on the 27th december 1917?

Answer 3

all private banks nationalised & merged into the people’s bank of the russian republic

Question 4

did lenin’s early reforms meet the needs of the state/people?

Answer 4

GOOD = made the party popular, workers were pleased by their increase in power
BAD = workers’ councils voted to give themselves large pay rises which didn’t help production & resulted in inflation, managers often dismissed violently by workers seeking revenge

Question 5

how did the government intervene to stop the negative effects of the reforms?

Answer 5

set up the supreme council of the national economy (vesenkha)

Question 6

did lenin’s reforms cause a rise in standard of living?

Answer 6

no - although workers & peasants had increased income due to giving themselves pay rises, this caused inflation which made them pointless

Question 7

what effect did lenin’s reforms have on gdp?

Answer 7

detrimental effect, industrial production decreased significantly