Peace negotiations open at Brest-Litovsk

The Soviet government restricted the pay of people’s commissars and high officials as part of its egalitarian programme. The source date is 23 November 1917 Old Style.

The Finnish parliament adopted a declaration separating Finland from Russia after the collapse of imperial authority.

The Constitutional Democratic Party leadership was targeted as organizers of resistance to Soviet power. The source date is 28 November 1917 Old Style.

The armistice halted fighting on the Eastern Front while negotiations for a separate peace continued.

The Soviet government created an extraordinary commission to combat counter-revolution and sabotage under Felix Dzerzhinsky.

The Soviet government placed the banking system under state control as part of its transformation of property relations. The source date is 14 December 1917 Old Style.

Sovnarkom formally accepted Finland’s state independence under the principle of national self-determination.