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The Decree on Land (), written by
Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
, was passed by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies on , following the success of the
October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mom ...
. It decreed an abolition of
private property Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities. Private property is distinguishable from public property and personal property, which is owned by a state entity, and from collective or ...
, and the redistribution of the landed estates amongst the peasantry. 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 All-Russian Central Executive Committee ( rus, Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет, Vserossiysky Centralny Ispolnitelny Komitet, VTsIK) was the highest legislative, administrative and r ...
, "The Fundamental Law of Land Socialization". These decrees were amended by the 1922 Land Code.


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* Agriculture of the Soviet Union *
Soviet Russia Constitution of 1918 The constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918, also called the Basic Law (Основной закон, ''Osnovnoy zakon'') which governed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, described the regime that ...
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Real property In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or aff ...
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Common good In philosophy, economics, and political science, the common good (also commonwealth, general welfare, or public benefit) is either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community, or alternatively, what is achieved by c ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decree On Land Official documents of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Land Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various isla ...
1917 documents