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WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The policy described in the quote below from Decree on Land was put in place by which of the following? “All private ownership of land is abolished immediately without compensation [payment to the owners]. All landowners’ estates and all land belonging to the Crown, to monasteries, church lands and all their livestock and ____ property ____ are transferred to the disposition of [control of] the township Land Committees ____ “
A
Bolsheviks
B
the Russian czar
C
the Russian monarch
D
Russian capitalists
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It was unveiled by Lenin at the Second Congress of Soviets, immediately after the October Revolution. This decree was brief and general, in part because the Bolsheviks were yet to develop a clear and cogent policy with regard to land ownership and distribution: “1.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Soviet land law, the Decree on the Land adopted by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets, October 26 (November 8), 1917, was written by Lenin, and incorporated the Peasant Mandate drawn up on the basis of 242 local peas-ant mandates.

Detailed explanation-3: -In November 1917, the Bolsheviks issued a land decree, which was one of over 190 decrees issued in the first six months of the Bolshevik government’s existence. This decree stated that: There could be no private ownership of land. Land could not be sold, leased or mortgaged.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: When Bolsheviks ordered land distribution, the Russian army began to break up. Non-Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy condemned this. Their leaders moved to South Russia and organised troops to fight the Bolsheviks.

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