Decree on Land
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The Decree on Land (Template:Langx), written by Vladimir Lenin, was passed by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies on Template:OldStyleDate, following the success of the October Revolution.
It decreed an abolition of private property, and the redistribution of the landed estates amongst the peasantry.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref> These decrees were amended by the 1922 Land Code.