It was adopted at the 4th session of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) and carried into effect on December 1, 1922.
The 1922 Land Code was elaborated under the supervision and with the direct participation of Vladimir Lenin.
The main purpose of the code was to regulate the land tenure by rural communities.
After the universal agricultural collectivization, land codes of the Soviet republics lost their significance.
In modern Russia the 2001 Land Code of the Russian Federation (Земельный кодекс Российской Федерации от 25 октября 2001 г. N 136-ФЗ), with a number of later amendments, is in effect.