V. I. Lenin

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Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

AMENDMENT TO THE DECREE ON THE ABOLITION OF THE NOBLES’ AND PEASANTS’ LAND BANKS¹
[December 8 (November 25), 1917]

In pursuance of the decrees on land and on the abolition of class institutions, it is hereby enacted:

The State Nobles’ Land Bank and the Peasants’ Land Bank, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, are abolished, the officials and employees of these institutions being placed on the retired list on the general basis.

The liquidation of the affairs of the central and local institutions of the said Banks is entrusted to the State Bank. The principles and procedure of the liquidation shall be determined by a decree of the Council of People’s Commissars.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
Vl. Ulyanov (Lenin)

¹ The draft decree was submitted for discussion by the Council of People’s Commissars by the People’s Commissar for Finance, V. R. Menzhinsky, on November 25, 1917. The decree was published in *Gazeta Vremennogo Rabochego i Krestyanskogo Pravitelstva* No. 20, November 28, 1917.

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The document bears the signatures of V. R. Menzhinsky, V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich and N. I. Gorbunov. — *Ed.*