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October 25, 1917

The October Revolution


On October 25, 1917, members of the Bolshevik Red Guards captured the Russian Winter Palace in Petrograd, heralding the October Revolution, sometimes called the Bolshevik Revolution. Earlier in the year, a provisional government had been established, and the Bolsheviks sought to overthrow the existing power structure. The event resulted in a series of struggles sometimes refered to as the Russian Civil War and finally the creation in 1922 of the Soviet Union.

 

 

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