What is Bolshevik Initial Decrees?
The '''Bolshevik Initial Decrees''' were a series of [[edict]]s announced after the [[Bolshevik]] victory in the [[October Revolution]] of [[1917]]. The decrees included: *'''Decree on Peace''' - An edict outlining the Soviet withdrawal from [[World War One]] without ''payment of indemnities or annexations''. This edict was to secure the support of Russian soldiers. *'''Decree on Land''' - Edict outlining measures by which Soviet [[peasant]]s were to divide [[farmland]] amongst themselves. It also mandated the dissolution of the estates of the former [[aristocracy]]. The decree was popular with the peasantry. *'''Workers Decrees''' - Outlined reforms for labourers and instituted a [[minimum wage]], a limit on working hours, established workers committees, etc. *'''Decree on Courts'''. *'''Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks'''. *'''Decree of Establishment of the State Commission on the Enlightenment'''. [[Category:History of the Soviet Union]]