October Revolution : Ask Biography

Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which took power in the October Revolution.

Military Conflict

Conflict

October Revolution

Date

7 � 8 November 1917

Location

Petrograd, Russia

Result

Bolshevik victory *Creation of Soviet Russia *End of Russian Provisional Government, Russian Republic and dual power *Start of the Russian Civil War

Bolshevik Party
Socialist red flag.svg Left SRs
Socialist red flag.svg Red Guards
Socialist red flag.svg 2nd All-Russian Congress of Soviets *Socialist red flag.svg Petrograd Soviet *Socialist red flag.svg Russian Soviet Republic (from November 7)

Flag of Russia.svg Russian Republic (to November 7)
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Provisional Government (to November 8)

Socialist red flag.svg Vladimir Lenin
Socialist red flag.svg Leon Trotsky
Socialist red flag.svg Pavel Dybenko

Russia Alexander Kerensky

10,000 red sailors, 20,000-30,000 red guard soldiers

500-1,000 volunteer soldiers, 1,000 soldiers of women's battalion

Few wounded red guard soldiers

All deserted

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The October Revolution ( , Oktyabr'skaya revolyutsiya), also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution ( ), Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd traditionally dated to 25 October 1917 Old Style Julian Calendar (O.S.), which corresponds with 7 November 1917 New Style (N.S.). Gregorian Calendar.

It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year. The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the local soviets dominated by Bolsheviks. As the revolution was not universally recognized outside of Petrograd there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917 � 1922) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces. Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on 24 October 1917 (O.S.). The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia), was captured.