WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on October 24, 1917. The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia), was captured.

Detailed explanation-2: -The defenders of the Palace – Cossacks, a women’s battalion and military cadets or yunkers gave up with little resistance. The immediate outcome was to plunge Russia into a brutal civil war that ended with a Bolshevik victory in 1921.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bolshevik Revolution On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nov 7, 1917 CE: October Revolution. On November 7, 1917, the Bolshevik party seized power in Russia’s capital, starting the communist October Revolution and leading to the founding of the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -On this day in 1917, the seat of government – the Winter Palace in St Petersburg – fell to the Bolsheviks, cementing communist rule in Russia. In March 1917, riots and rebellions forced Nicholas II to abdicate as Tsar of Russia.