1918 Decree on emergency powers of the People's Commissariat for Food
A hundred years ago, on May 13, 1918, a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars was issued "On granting the People's Commissar for Food emergency powers to combat the rural bourgeoisie, hiding grain stocks and speculating with them." It provided for the strict implementation of the surplus appraisal: "Reaffirming the inviolability of the grain monopoly and fixed prices, as well as the need for a merciless struggle against fraudulent grain