Decrees Issued by the Revolutionary Peoples Government. Volume I.
St Petersburg, Herold, 1918.
8vo (122 x 185 mm). 14 pp. Original printed wrappers.
€ 1.500,00
First edition. Scarce English translation of the decrees implemented by the revolutionary government of Russia in 1918. Includes such fundamental measures as the abolishment of private landownership: "All private ownership of land is abolished immediately without any indemnification [...] Any damage whatever done to the confiscated property belonging from now on to the whole people, is regarded as a grievous crime, punishable by the revolutionary court of justice". Published in the Russian Revolutionary Pamphlet series by the Bureau of International Revolutionary Propaganda.
A few small marginal flaws. Not a single copy traced in the relevant Russian libraries.
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OCLC 806139662.