Bolsheviks consolidation of power

Bolshevik consolidation of power

• Economic Decrees
• made  in November 1917
• land decree: 540 million acres of land taken from the Tsar, Nobles and the church. Peasants set up committees to divide the land fairly.
• Unemployment decree: employment insurance for all workers against injury, illness and unemployment.
• Peace decree: Sovnarkom intended to make peace with Russia's opponents in War immediately 
• Work decree: Eight-hour day and 40 hour week for all industrial workers. restriction on over time and holidays introduced.
• Press decree: all non-Bolshevik newspapers were banned and women declared equal to men and…