The All-Russian Council for Workers' Control (russian: Всероссийский совет рабочего контроля) was established by the
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
s shortly after their seizure of power in 1917. It held two meetings on 28 November and 5 December 1917.
At this second meeting it was dissolved into the
Supreme Soviet of the National Economy
Supreme Board of the National Economy, Superior Board of the People's Economy, (Высший совет народного хозяйства, ВСНХ, ''Vysshiy sovet narodnogo khozyaystva'', VSNKh) was the superior state institution for managem ...
(Vesenkha).
It was composed of representatives of various state and labour organisations such as the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the
All-Russian Council of Trade Unions, the
All-Russian Council of Factory Committees.
It played a key role in determining the extent to which
workers' control
Workers' control is participation in the management of factories and other commercial enterprises by the people who work there. It has been variously advocated by anarchists, socialists, communists, social democrats, distributists and Christia ...
became a feature of the
socio-economic
Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their l ...
make up of
Russia
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n society in the wake of the
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...
.
References
External links
Decree about Workers' Control{{OldStyleDate, 27 November, 1917, 14 November decree that mandated creation of the All-Russian Council for Workers' Control.
Russian Revolution
1917 establishments in Russia