Establishing Communist Party Control 1917-1924

Establishing Communist Control 1917-1924

• 1917, Febuary revolution, provincial government set up 
  
• 1917 October Revolution, Bolsheviks seize power
• Soviets sprang up, small democratic councils of workers
• All russian congress of soviets set up in 1917, 
• Sovnarkom set up, essentially russian cabinet, 13 members wit Lenin at its head
• Decree on land (october 1917) gave peasants right to seize land
• Decree on peace (October 1917) pulled Russia out of WW1 
• Workers decrees (November 1917) established workers rights 
• Decree of workers control (April 1918)…