Early Decrees of the Sovnarkom

October, 1917

→ max 8h work day

→ social insurance introduced

→ opposition press banned

→ decree on peace

→ decree on land

November, 1917

→ right to self-determination to former parts of Russian Empire

→ abolition of titles and class distinctions

→ workers to control factories

→ abolition of justice system

→ women declared equal to men and given right to own property

December, 1917

→ CHEKA set up

→ banks nationalized

→ democratisation of army

→ marriage + divorce no longer linked to Church

→ Church land nationalized

January, 1918

→ workers' control of railway

→ creation of Red Army

→ Church and state separated

February, 1918

→ nationalization of industry

→ socialization of land