The issuing of the decrees on Peace, Land and Workers control of Factories was both a political and ideological move employed to appease the main working class population. ... However, this democratic experiment resulted in a loss of 2 million square kilometers of land and the loss of 60 million people, as well as 74% of iron ore and coal reserves. ...

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