Summary.
The October November revolution resulted in the overthrowing of the Provisional government giving power to the Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks: Oct./Nov. Revolution 1917
- Followed the February revolution of the same year
- Took place in Petrograd
- It was a political revolution
- Overthrew Russian Provisional Government
- Gave power to Soviets dominated by Bolsheviks
- The Bolsheviks, who were founded by Vladmir Lenin, was by 1905 a mass organization
- The Bolsheviks considered themselves leaders of the revolutionary working class
- Second in command only to Vladmir was Leon Trotsky
- Bolshevik red guards began the takeover of government buildings
- They then captured the Winter Palace, the seat of the Provisional government