Editing Decree on Land (section)

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[[File:Декрет о земле.jpg|thumb|Decree on Land title page]] 
The '''Decree on Land''' ({{Langx|ru|'''Декретъ о землѣ'''}}), written by [[Vladimir Lenin]], was passed by the [[Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies]] on {{OldStyleDate|8 November|1917|26 October}}, following the success of the [[October Revolution]].

It decreed an abolition of [[private property]], and the redistribution of the [[landed estate]]s amongst the peasantry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegelbaum |first=Lewis| authorlink=Lewis Siegelbaum|date=2015-06-17 |title=First Bolshevik Decrees |url=https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/first-bolshevik-decrees/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Seventeen Moments in Soviet History |language=en-US}}</ref> According to the Decree on Land, the peasants had seized the lands of the nobility, monasteries and Church. This decree was followed on February 19, 1918, by a decree of the [[Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets]], "The Fundamental Law of Land Socialization".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/land.html |title=Translation of the Fundamental Law of Land Socialization |access-date=2004-11-10 |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117082148/http://www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/land.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> These decrees were amended by the [[1922 Land Code]].