The All-Russian Council for Workers' Control () was established by the

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s shortly after their seizure of power in 1917. It held two meetings on 28 November and 5 December 1917. At this second meeting it was dissolved into the

Supreme Soviet of the National Economy Supreme Soviet of the National Economy, Superior Soviet of the People's Economy, (Высший совет народного хозяйства, ВСНХ, ''Vysshiy sovet narodnogo khozyaystva'', VSNKh) was the superior state institution for mana ...

(Vesenkha). It was composed of representatives of various state and labour organisations such as the

All-Russian Central Executive Committee The All-Russian Central Executive Committee () was (June – November 1917) a permanent body formed by the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (held from June 16 to July 7, 1917 in Petrograd), then became the ...

, the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions, the All-Russian Council of Factory Committees. It played a key role in determining the extent to which

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became a feature of the

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make up of

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n society in the wake of the

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Decree about Workers' Control
{{OldStyleDate, 27 November, 1917, 14 November decree that mandated creation of the All-Russian Council for Workers' Control. October Revolution 1917 establishments in Russia Organizations of the Russian Revolution * Labor in the Soviet Union Workers' councils Supreme Soviet of the National Economy