V. I.   Lenin

Addendum to the Draft of
The “Fundamental Law on the Socialisation of the Land”^[1]

Written: Written in January, prior to the 27th (February 9), 1918
Published: First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXI. Printed from the manuscript.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, 2nd English Edition, Progress Publishers, 1965, Moscow, Volume 42, pages 56^c-57^a.
Translated: Bernard Isaacs
Transcription\Markup: D. Walters
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When the land is to be used for purposes other than farming (building, cultural and educational purposes, special industries and crafts, etc.), the size of the allotment is   determined by the local Soviets in conformity with the requirements of the persons or institutions applying for permission, depending on the social necessity of the purpose for which the land is required.

Notes

[1] The original draft was drawn up by the Board of the People’s Commissariat for Agriculture and then submitted for editing to a committee of the Third All-Russia Congress of Soviets. Lenin, who was a member of this committee, put in a good deal of work in editing this draft. His addendum, in a slightly modified wording, was incorporated in the law as Article 26, constituting Section V headed: “Establishment of Norms of Land Tenure in Allotting Land Plots for Building, for Agricultural Industries, for Cultural-Educational Purposes, etc.” (see Decrees of the Soviet Government, Vol. I, Moscow, 1957, p. 414).