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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Decree on Peace was a proclamation adopted by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets on 26 October (8 November) 1917, calling for an immediate, just, and democratic peace without annexations or indemnities.
- Who drafted the Decree on Peace and when was it adopted?
- What was the core principle of the Decree on Peace?
- How did the Decree on Peace relate to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
- How is the Decree on Peace compared with Wilson's Fourteen Points?

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The Decree on Peace was a proclamation adopted by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets on 26 October (8 November) 1917, calling for an immediate, just, and democratic peace without annexations or indemnities.

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1. 3 March 1918

   The Allied powers ignored the appeal, but Germany and the Central Powers responded, leading to an armistice in December 1917 and, after the breakdown of Trot…

2. 26 October 1917

   Examiners typically test it alongside the Decree on Land (also ) and the November 1917 nationalisation measures as the founding acts of the Bolshevik state;…

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