Despite occurring in November of the Gregorian calendar, the event is most commonly known as the "October Revolution" (Октябрьская революция) because at the time Russia still used the Julian calendar. … See more

Planning
On 10 October 1917 (O.S.; 23 October, N.S.), the Bolsheviks' Central Committee voted 10–2 for a resolution saying that "an armed uprising is inevitable, and that the time for it is fully ripe." At the Committee meeting, Lenin … See more

• 5 November 1917: Tallinn.
• 7 November 1917: Petrograd, Minsk, Novgorod, Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Tartu
• 8 November 1917: Ufa, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, and Narva; (failed See more

There have been few events where the political opinion of the researchers that have influenced their historical research as much as that of the October Revolution. Generally, the historiography of the Revolution generally divides into three camps: Soviet … See more

February Revolution
The February Revolution had toppled Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and replaced his government with the Russian Provisional Government. However, the provisional government was weak and riven by internal dissension. … See more

New government established
The Second Congress of Soviets consisted of 670 elected delegates: 300 were Bolshevik and nearly 100 were Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, who also supported the overthrow of the Alexander Kerensky government. … See more

Bolshevik-led attempts to gain power in other parts of the Russian Empire were largely successful in Russia proper—although the fighting in Moscow lasted for two weeks—but they were less successful in ethnically non-Russian parts of the Empire, … See more