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The October Revolution, [a] also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution [b] (in Soviet historiography ), October coup, [5] [6] or Bolshevik coup [6] was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.
One hundred years ago, in wartime Petrograd, Russian radicals known as the Bolsheviks carried out “the Great October Socialist Revolution.” On the night of October 24, 1917, Bolshevik Red Guards began to take control of key points in the Russian capital—railway stations, telegraph offices, and government buildings.
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The October Revolution was a pivotal event in world history with effects that reverberated through the 20th century. It plunged Russia into years of unrest, civil war, terror and famine. The Kornilov affair of August 1917 not only armed the Soviets and Red Guards, it allowed the Bolshevik movement to recover from its July wounds.
Jun 8, 2018 · At another level, the October Revolution was a struggle, initially primarily within the Bolshevik leadership, between proponents of a multi-party, exclusively socialist government that would lead Russia to a Constituent Assembly in which socialists would have a dominating voice, and Leninists, who ultimately favored violent revolutionary action ...
Nov 6, 2020 · Today the most enduring legacy of the Great October Socialist Revolution is as a demonstration to humanity of the power of working people. Prior to the revolution socialism was an idea. After the revolution working class state power, the dictatorship of the proletariat, was political fact.
October Revolution Day (officially Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Russian: День Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции) was a public holiday in the Soviet Union and other Soviet-aligned states, officially observed on November 7 from 1927 to 1990, [1] commemorating the 1917 ...
One hundred years ago, in wartime Petrograd, Russian radicals known as the Bolsheviks carried out “the Great October Socialist Revolution.” Written by David L. Hoffmann. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.
