October Revolution
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The October Revolution 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 was the second revolutionary change of government in Russia in 1917. It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October]. It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War.
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See also
- Bibliography of the Russian Revolution and Civil War
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- February Revolution
- Revolutions of 1917–1923
- Russian Civil War
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- Ten Days That Shook the World
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