Leon Trotsky25 October 1917
The Second Congress confirms the Bolshevik takeover of government power.
Russia · Government / Congress of Soviets. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Second Congress confirms the Bolshevik takeover of government power.
Presides over Congress as the uprising succeeds.
Presides over the Second Congress as Bolsheviks seize power.
Presents decrees on peace and land to the Second Congress
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