Lenin's post war decrees Flashcards
What were Lenin’s 5 decrees in October?
1) Workers decree
2) Social Insurance decree
3) Press decree
4) Decree on Peace
5) Decree on Land
What was Workers decree?
established a 8 hour working day
What was the Social Insurance decree?
provided old age, health and unemployment benefits
What was the Press decree?
banned the opposition press
What was the Decree on Peace?
-promised to end war “without annexation and indemnities”
What was the Decree on Land?
2
Abolished private ownership of land
-legitimised peasant seizures without compensation to landlords
What 5 decrees were made in November?
1) Right of the People of Russia decree
2) Nationality decree
3) Decree on Workers control of Factories
4) Judicial Decree
5) Decree to outlaw sex discrimination
What was the Right of the People of Russia decree?
abolished titles and class ranks
What was the Nationality decree ?
different Russian nationalities could become independent such as Finland and the Ukraine
What was the Decree on Workers Control go Factories?
gave workers the right to ‘supervise management’
What was the Judicial decree?
established a new legal system of elected peoples courts
what was the Decree to outlaw sex discrimination?
this gave women quality with men and the right to own property
What 4 decrees were made in December?
1) Secret Police
2) Bank decree
3) Military decree
4) Decrees on the Church
What was the decree regarding the creation of the secret police?
established a secret police known as Cheka to root out opposition
What was the Bank decree?
this decree nationalised banks and ended private flow capital
What was the Military decree?
removed class ranks placed army under the control of the soldiers who could elect officers
What was the Decree on the Church?
3
- this nationalised Church land
- removed marriage and divorce from Church control
- gave women the right to initiate divorce
From November 1917 what did
-all citizens
-party members
have to be addressed as ?
Everyone-citizen, Grazhdanin
Party Member-comrade, Tovarishch
What was the period after the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 known as?
‘utopian phase’
What was the Veshenka?
the council responsible for state industry 1917-1932
When was the Veshenka established and what for?
December 1917 to supervise economic development
What happened to right wing SR’s, Menshevik in December 1917?
they were imprisoned
From November what was every citizens to be addressed as?
Grazhdanin
What is the Veshenka in english?
the Council of the National Economy
What newspapers were shut down?
anti-bolshevik newspapers
When was the Cheka established as a secret police?
December
Who were rounded up and imprisoned in December 1917 (3)
- Leading Kadets
- right wing SR’s
- Mensheviks
