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Recalling Revolution: Russia’s Bolshevik anniversary

November the 7th 1917 was one of the most significant days in Russian history, when Lenin and the Bolshevik movement decided the timing was right for revolution. The Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace – which was then the seat of the governme

1917 Revolution: bloodshed begins

Published: 07 November, 2007, 05:55


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It was in Petrograd (now known as St Petersburg), that Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks decided to start the Revolution. It was there, in October 1917, that the Winter Palace was stormed and power seized by the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets.

 
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