Decrees and documents of the Russian Revolution

1917-1918

Note that until February 1918 Russia used the Julian Calender, which was 13 days behind the calender in the rest of the world.

First Decrees of Soviet Power, November 1917-July 1918

All decrees and documents below in a single pdf file (as of September 2024)

1917

October 25	To the Citizens of Russia!
	To Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants!
	Decree on Peace
	Decree on Land
October 26	Decree on Abolishment of Capital Punishment
	Decree on Transfer of Power to the Soviets
	Decree to Form the Workers' and Peasants' Government
October 27	Decree on Elections for the Constituent Assembly
	Decree on Suppression of Hostile Newspapers
October 28	Decree on Transfer of Food Control to Municipalities
October 29	Decree on the Hours of Labor
October 30	Decree on the Right to Issue Laws
October 31	Decree on Social Insurance
November 2	Declaration of the Rights of the People of Russia
November 3	Decree on Organization of Volost Land Committees
November 4	Resolution on the Right of Sovnarkom to Issue Decrees
November 5	Decree on Transfer of Power and the Means of Production to the Toilers
November 7	Decree Proclaiming Advertising a State Monopoly
November 10	Decree on Abolition of Class Distinctions and Civil Ranks
November 14	Decree on Workers' Control
November 17	Resolution on Relation of the Central Executive Committee to the Sovnarkom
November 23	Decree on the Right to Call for Re-Elections
November 24	Decree on Abolition of Existing Legal Institutions
November 28	Proclamation Declaring the Cadet Party an Enemy of the People
	Decree on the Arrest of the Leaders of the Civil War against the Revolution
November 29	Decree on Dismissal of the Electoral Commission
November 30	Decree Declaring Agricultural Tools and Machinery a State Monopoly
December 1	Decree on Establishment of the Supreme Council of National Economy
December 3	Manifesto To The Ukrainian People
	Appeal to the Moslems of Russia and the East
December 7	Decree on Establishment of the Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter-Revolution
December 13	Decree on Appropriation for the Support of World Revolution
December 14	Decree on Nationalization of Banks
	Decree on Safe Deposit Boxes
December 16	Decree on Institutions for Investigation and Arrest
December 16-17	Decrees on Democratization of the Army
December 18	Decree on Independence of Finland
December 19	Decree on Revolutionary Tribunals
December 24	Decree on Organization of Local Food Commissions
December 25	Decree on the Rights and Duties of Soviets
December 29	Decree on Discontinuance of Interest and Dividend Payments
	Decree on State Publishing House
	Decree on Turkish Armenia

1918

January 3	Declaration of Rights of the Working and Exploited People
	Resolution giving All Power to the Soviets and the Soviet Institutions
January 13	Decree on Breaking Relations with Rumania
January 14	Resolution on the Terms of Peace Proposed by the Central Powers
	Decree on Commissions for Care of Minors
January 15	Resolution on the Federation of Soviet Republics
	Resolution on Nationalities
	Decree on Formation of the Worker-Peasant Red Army
February 5	Decree on Separation of Church and State
February 8	Decree on Nationalization of the Merchant Marine
	Decree on Confiscation of Capital Stock of Private Banks
February 10	Decree on Annulment of State Loans
February 15	Decree on the Extraordinary Commission on Food and Transport
February 19	The Fundamental Law of Land Socialization
February 21	Decree: The Socialist Fatherland is in Danger!
March 3	Resolution on Administration of Nationalized Industry
March 15	Resolution Ratifying the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
March 26	Decree on the End of Workers' Control over the Railroads
April 2	Decree on Exchange of Commodities to Increase the Supply of Grain
April 10	Decree on Consumers' Co-Operatives
April 12	Decree on Monuments of the Republic
April 22	Decree on Nationalization of Foreign Trade
	Decree on Compulsory Military Training
May 13	Decree on Food Procurement
July	Appeal from the Commissariat of Labor to all Workers
August 1	Appeal to the Toiling Masses of England, America, France, Italy, and Japan on Allied Intervention in Russia
August 2	Decree on the Call-up for Compulsory Military Service of Persons Who Have Served in the Forces as Non-Commissioned Officers
September 3	Decree on the Don Cossack Host
November 30	Resolution Establishing Workers' and Peasants' Defence Council