The Bolshevik Initial Decrees Of The October Revolution

The Bolshevik Initial Decrees were made known as soon as the Bolsheviks declared their success in the October Revolution. The Decrees appeared to conform to the popular Bolshevik slogan "Peace, Bread, and Land", taken up by the masses during the July Days (July 1917), an uprising of workers and military forces. The Decree on Peace, written by Lenin, defined measures for Russia's departure from the First World War without "payment of indemnities or annexations". This decree was directed to obtain support from many soldiers on the Russian front, which was falling apart. The sincerity of this Bolshevik assurance came under close examination when Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which divested Russia of its Baltic territory. The Decree on Land, written by Lenin, outlined
It supported the idea of forceful separation of many wealthy estates by peasant forces. These measures without a doubt contributed to an increase in Bolshevik support amongst the peasantry. However they were useless in the Russian war front which crumbled as soldiers (who were formerly peasants) returned to secure land for themselves. Finally, the Workers’ Decrees outlined measures for minimum wage, limitations on workers' hours, and the running of factories by elected workers' committees. This guaranteed Bolshevik support among the working classes in the cities, where they had taken power.

Lenin was successful in achieving his communist principles here, which is why his decision to write the decree on Land is positive. The Decrees on Land and Peace were distributed in little booklets across Russia and signalled that not only had a new government been proclaimed, but also that it was using power on the basis of entirely new principles. The Bolsheviks put their faith in collective farms worked on by the peasants on behalf of the people, this collectivization is a fundamentality of communism. Lenin effectively lead his party when he was able