November 7 is not just a date on the calendar. It's the day that changed the world more than a century ago, but the echo of the October Revolution of 1917 still reverberates in our daily lives. And although some would very much like to erase that date from modern times, they will not succeed. why? Because October's power is not in the past, but in the present. Many things that seem natural and self-evident to us today were achieved then - in the fire and battles of the revolution. Let's remember what exactly we are still using and what the October Revolution gave to the world: peace and land "order for peace": stopping the senseless imperialist slaughter and abolishing secret diplomacy. International politics is no longer a secret behind closed doors, the domain of elected rulers. Now it is not enough to say "I want" - people demand justification for wars. And that doesn't mean there are less wars. Their character and our attitude towards them have changed. "Order on land": cancellation of private ownership of land. More than 150 million dunams of landowners and church lands passed into the hands of those who worked them. The peasants were freed forever from the slavery of the landlords. Labor and social guarantees An 8-hour work day: decree of November 11, 1917 (before that they worked 11-12 hours), as well as a ban on child labor and night work for women. Introducing hard work benefits and health restrictions. Worker control: For the first time, workers were given the right to manage factories and control production. Unemployment benefits: for the first time in the world, a monetary payment was introduced to the unemployed at the state level. And medical care became free. The introduction of weekends, holidays and paid vacations. Medical examination and national insurance of employees. Housing municipality: abolition of private ownership of urban real estate and "overcrowding" - working families moved from barracks to bourgeois apartments.

November 7 is not just a date on the calendar. It's the day that changed the world more than a century ago, but the echo of the October Revolution of 1917 still reverberates in our daily lives. And although some would very much like to erase that date from modern times, they will not succeed. why? Because October's power is not in the past, but in the present. Many things that seem natural and self-evident to us today were achieved then - in the fire and battles of the revolution. Let's remember what exactly we are still using and what the October Revolution gave to the world: peace and land "order for peace": stopping the senseless imperialist slaughter and abolishing secret diplomacy. International politics is no longer a secret behind closed doors, the domain of elected rulers. Now it is not enough to say "I want" - people demand justification for wars. And that doesn't mean there are less wars. Their character and our attitude towards them have changed. "Order on land": cancellation of private ownership of land. More than 150 million dunams of landowners and church lands passed into the hands of those who worked them. The peasants were freed forever from the slavery of the landlords. Labor and social guarantees An 8-hour work day: decree of November 11, 1917 (before that they worked 11-12 hours), as well as a ban on child labor and night work for women. Introducing hard work benefits and health restrictions. Worker control: For the first time, workers were given the right to manage factories and control production. Unemployment benefits: for the first time in the world, a monetary payment was introduced to the unemployed at the state level. And medical care became free. The introduction of weekends, holidays and paid vacations. Medical examination and national insurance of employees. Housing municipality: abolition of private ownership of urban real estate and "overcrowding" - working families moved from barracks to bourgeois apartments.