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Sovnarkom introduces the eight-hour working day

Dated 11 November 1917: Sovnarkom introduces the eight-hour working day. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

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Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Vladimir Lenin

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    Lenin’s Sovnarkom decreed the eight-hour day. Factory inspectors and later War Communism overtime overrode it in practice.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactSovnarkom introduces the eight-hour working day
    2. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 11 November 1917 · verified

Evidence

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Verified1 source on file
  1. 1.Декрет Совета Народных Комиссаров (О восьмичасовом рабочем дне), 11 ноября (29 октября) 1917 г. — ГАРАНТГАРАНТ (Garant legal database) · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorVladimir Lenin
  2. contributed toFactSovnarkom introduces the eight-hour working day
  3. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Sovnarkom introduces the eight-hour working day. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ru-eight-hour-day-1917

https://factrail.ai/facts/ru-eight-hour-day-1917

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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