3. Discuss the main events of the Revolution of October 1917 in Russia.
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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The October Revolution,[a] (commonly referred to as the Bolshevik Revolution,[2] the October Uprising, or Red October), officially known in Soviet historiography as the Great October Socialist Revolution,[b] was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 25 October (Old Style, O.S.; 7 November, New Style or N.S.) 1917.
Date 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October]
Location
Petrograd, Russian Republic
Result
Bolshevik victory:
End of the dual power
Evacuation of the government
Proclamation of the Soviet Republic
The Second Congress of Soviets becomes its supreme governing body
Kerensky and Krasnov's failed attempt to retake the capital
Beginning of the Civil War