1. The right to privately own land within the boundaries of the
    Russian Republic is hereby abolished forever.

    2.  All land within the boundaries of the Russian Republic, with
    all mines, forests, and waters, is hereby declared the property of
    the nation.

3.  The republic has the right to control all land, with all the mines, forests, and waters thereof, through the central and local administration, in accordance with the regulation provided by the present law.

    4.  The autonomous provinces of the Russian Republic have title to
    land on the basis of the present law and in accordance with the
    Federal Constitution.

    5.  The tasks of the central and local governments as regards the
    use of lands, mines, forests, and waters are: 

    a.  The creation of conditions conducive to the best possible
    utilization of the country’s natural resources and the highest
    possible development of its productive forces.

    b.  The fair distribution of all natural wealth among the people.

    6.  The rights of individuals and institutions to land, mines,
    forests, and waters are restricted merely to utilization by said
    individuals and institutions.

7.  The use of all mines, forests, land, and waters is free to all citizens of the Russian Republic, regardless of nationality or creed.  This includes all unions of citizens, also governmental and public institutions.

    8.  The right to use the land is to be acquired and discontinued on
    the basis prescribed by this fundamental law.

    9. All titles to land at present held by the individuals,
    associations, and institutions are abolished in so far as they
    contradict this law.

10.  All land, mines, forests, waters, at present owned by and otherwise in the possession of individuals, associations, and institutions, are confiscated without compensation for the loss incurred.

    DEMOCRATIC PEACE

In the name of the peoples of the Russian Republic, the All-Russian Constituent Assembly expresses the firm will of the people to immediately discontinue the war and conclude a just and general peace, appeals to the Allied countries proposing to define jointly the exact terms of the democratic peace acceptable to all the belligerent nations, in order to present these terms, in behalf of the Allies, to the governments fighting against the Russian Republic and her allies.

The Constituent Assembly firmly believes that the attempts of the peoples of Russia to end the disastrous war will meet with a unanimous response on the part of the peoples and the governments of the Allied countries, and that by common efforts a speedy peace will be attained, which will safeguard the well-being and dignity of all the belligerent