Russia - Decrees of 1917

Question 1

What is the decree of land?

Answer 1

540 million acres of land taken from Tsar, nobles and the church and given to the peasants.

Question 2

What were the decrees of 1917?

Answer 2

Lenin’s government “Sovnarkom” issued decrees in November and December of 1917. It made sure that Lenin kept his promises of the April Thesis.

Question 3

Decree on unemployment insurance

Answer 3

Issued employment insurance for sick, unemployment or injured workers

Question 4

Decree on peace

Answer 4

to make peace with Russia’s oppenents

Question 5

Decree on work

Answer 5

8 hours a day (40 per week) for workers

Question 6

Decree on titles

Answer 6

All titles and class abolished

Question 7

Decree on press

Answer 7

All non-bolshevik newspapers banned

Question 8

Decree on workers’ controls

Answer 8

All factories under the control of elected committee of workers

Question 9

Decree to set up the political police

Answer 9

Cheka (Political police) ordered to fight counter revolution espionage

Question 10

Decree on political parties

Answer 10

The constitutional democratic party was banned

Question 11

Decree on banking

Answer 11

All banks under control of Sovnarkom

Question 12

Decree on Marriage

Answer 12

Couples could have non-religious weddings and divorce was made easier