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The
October Revolution (
Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya), also known as the
Bolshevik Revolution, refers to a
revolution—as part of the
Russian Revolution—that began with an armed
insurrection in
Petrograd (regarded by some as a
coup d'état) traditionally dated to
October 25,
1917 (
November 7,
N.S.). It was the second phase of the overall
Russian Revolution of 1917, after the
February Revolution of the same year. The October Revolution overthrew the
Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the
Soviets dominated by
Bolsheviks. It was followed by the
Russian Civil War (1917–1922) and the creation of the
Soviet Union in 1922.
The revolution was led by the
Bolsheviks.
On
October 23,
1917 (by the
Julian calendar still in use in Russia at the time; November 5 by the current
Gregorian calendar),
Bolshevik leader
Jaan Anvelt led his leftist revolutionaries in an uprising in
Tallinn, the capital of
Estonia. On
October 25 (
November 7), 1917,
Vladimir Lenin led his forces in the uprising in
Saint Petersburg (then known as Petrograd), the capital of
Russia, against the ineffective
Kerensky Provisional Government. In
Estonia, two rival governments emerged: the
Estonian Diet declared independence on
November 28,
1917, while an Estonian Bolshevik sympathizer,
Jaan Anvelt, was recognized by Lenin's government as Estonia's leader on
December 8, although forces loyal to Anvelt only controlled the capital.
The success of the October Revolution transformed the Russian state from parliamentarian to socialist in character. A coalition of anti-Bolshevik groups including invading armies from the victorious Allies attempted to unseat the new government in the
Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1922.
The
United States didn't recognize the new Russian government until 1933. The European powers recognized the Soviet Union in the early 1920s and began to engage in business with it after the
New Economic Policy (NEP) was implemented.
Soviet in memoriam of the event
The term
Red October (Красный Октябрь, Krasny Oktyabr) has also been used to describe the events of the month. This name has in turn been lent to a
tractor factory made notable by the
Battle of Stalingrad, a
Moscow sweets factory that's well-known in Russia, and a
fictional Soviet submarine.
November 7, the anniversary of the October Revolution, was an
official holiday in the Soviet Union and still is in
Belarus.
Krasny Oktyabr is also the name given to a Russian piano company.
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