October Revolution
Lenin's 1917 seizure
The October Revolution was the 1917 Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia, overthrowing the provisional government and establishing communist rule.
Despite its name, it occurred in November by the modern calendar—Russia still used the Julian calendar, which ran thirteen days behind.
The revolution led to the formation of the Soviet Union and shaped twentieth-century geopolitics.
The October Revolution marked the beginning of the Soviet era.
Soviet state founder
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
- cadreCore of trained personnel
Russian city name, 1914-24
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
- stormingAttacking with force
- 1917Late Great War
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
seizure · insurrection · uprising · overthrow · Red Guards · proclamation · telegram · garrison
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
collectivism · anti-capitalism · internationalism · revolutionary theory
Post-1917 internal Soviet conflict
- RedsCold War political suspects
- WhitesEuropean-ancestry ethnic group
- ChekaFirst Soviet secret police
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
foreign intervention · famine · one-party rule · emigration · collectivization
Final Romanov ruler
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- RomanovImperial Russian ruling family
- autocracyRule by one
- Russian EmpireRomanov-ruled Eurasian state
Duma · Mensheviks · World War I · war weariness · land reform
Lenin
Soviet state founder
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
- Central CommitteeCommunist party's governing body
- PolitburoCommunist party's governing body
cadre · agitprop · party congress · Stalin · party line
Petrograd
Russian city name, 1914-24
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
- stormingAttacking with force
- 1917Late Great War
coup · seizure · insurrection · uprising · overthrow · Red Guards · proclamation · telegram · garrison · bridges
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
socialism · collectivism · anti-capitalism · internationalism · revolutionary theory
Russian Civil War
Post-1917 internal Soviet conflict
nationalization · foreign intervention · famine · one-party rule · emigration · collectivization
Tsar Nicholas II
Final Romanov ruler
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- RomanovImperial Russian ruling family
- autocracyRule by one
Russian Empire · Duma · Mensheviks · World War I · war weariness · land reform
- Soviet MovementsBolshevism, Leninism, Stalinism, glasnost, perestroika
- 20th CenturyWorld War I aftermath, Cuban Missile Crisis, atomic bomb, New Deal, Nazi Germany
- European HistoryRoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Napoleonic Wars, Middle Ages
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- Russian HistorySoviet Union, tsars, Tsarist Russia, Romanov, czars
October RevolutionWhite Army
Anti-communist Russian forces
October RevolutionVelvet Revolution
Czechoslovakia's nonviolent 1989 transition
revolution, October, Bolshevik Revolution, Bolshevik, Russian Revolution