Decree on Peace
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The Decree on Peace was a landmark 1917 Bolshevik proclamation that called for an immediate armistice and a democratic, no-annexations peace to end Russia’s involvement in World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Decree on Peace canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T456069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decree on Peace Context triple: [Russian Revolution, significantDocument, Decree on Peace]
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A.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Treaty of Riga
The Treaty of Riga was the 1921 peace agreement that ended hostilities between Poland and Soviet Russia (and Soviet Ukraine), redrew their borders, and concluded the Polish–Soviet War.
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C.
Moscow Peace Treaty
The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.
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D.
Belavezha Accords
The Belavezha Accords were a 1991 agreement between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus that formally dissolved the Soviet Union and established the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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E.
Reichstag Fire Decree
The Reichstag Fire Decree was an emergency order issued by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 that suspended key civil liberties in Germany and enabled the Nazi regime’s subsequent dictatorship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decree on Peace Target entity description: The Decree on Peace was a landmark 1917 Bolshevik proclamation that called for an immediate armistice and a democratic, no-annexations peace to end Russia’s involvement in World War I.
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A.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
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B.
Treaty of Riga
The Treaty of Riga was the 1921 peace agreement that ended hostilities between Poland and Soviet Russia (and Soviet Ukraine), redrew their borders, and concluded the Polish–Soviet War.
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C.
Moscow Peace Treaty
The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.
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D.
Belavezha Accords
The Belavezha Accords were a 1991 agreement between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus that formally dissolved the Soviet Union and established the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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E.
Reichstag Fire Decree
The Reichstag Fire Decree was an emergency order issued by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933 that suspended key civil liberties in Germany and enabled the Nazi regime’s subsequent dictatorship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bolshevik proclamation
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legal act ⓘ political decree ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ |
| aim |
democratic peace without annexations or indemnities
ⓘ
immediate armistice ⓘ withdrawal of Russia from World War I ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| callsFor |
open negotiations with all belligerent states
ⓘ
publication of secret treaties ⓘ |
| country |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian SFSR
|
| date | 1917-11-08 ⓘ |
| dateOldStyle | 1917-10-26 ⓘ |
| documentType | public proclamation ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| followedBy | Decree on Land ⓘ |
| government | Soviet government ⓘ |
| historicalContext | World War I ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Russian Revolution of 1917
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| ideology | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Council of People's Commissars ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | foundational act of Soviet foreign policy ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
ⓘ
linked to:
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
|
| locationOfProclamation |
Smolny Institute, Petrograd
ⓘ
linked to:
Smolny Institute
|
| opposes |
imperialist war aims
ⓘ
secret diplomacy ⓘ |
| partOf | early Soviet decrees ⓘ |
| place |
Petrograd
ⓘ
linked to:
Leningrad
|
| policy |
no annexations
ⓘ
no indemnities ⓘ self-determination of peoples ⓘ |
| politicalMovement | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations
ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
October Revolution ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
|
| resultedIn |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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armistice on the Eastern Front ⓘ start of peace negotiations with the Central Powers ⓘ |
| significance |
first major foreign policy act of Soviet power
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inspired anti-war and socialist movements internationally ⓘ symbolic break with tsarist and Provisional Government diplomacy ⓘ |
| subject |
end of participation in World War I
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ peace negotiations ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
governments of all warring states
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workers, peasants, and soldiers of all belligerent countries ⓘ |
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Subject: Decree on Peace Description of subject: The Decree on Peace was a landmark 1917 Bolshevik proclamation that called for an immediate armistice and a democratic, no-annexations peace to end Russia’s involvement in World War I.
Referenced by (7)
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