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October Revolution

Russia · Revolution / Revolution of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

21Records
1917Date range
9Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1917

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin10 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenins resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising

Joseph Stalin10 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin attend a meeting of the Party Central Committee where Lenins resolution on armed insurrection is approved and a 7 man Political Bureau of the CC headed by Lenin and Stalin is setup to direct the uprising

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev10 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

On October 10, 1917 (Julian calendar), he and Lev Kamenev were the only two Central Committee members to vote against an armed revolt

Joseph Stalin16 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party Stalin sharply criticizes the speeches of the traitors Kamenev and Zinoviev on the question of armed insurrection. A Party Centre, headed by Stalin, is elected to direct the uprising

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky24 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Orders action against Bolshevik newspapers and the Military Revolutionary Committee.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin24 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising

Joseph Stalin24 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct the October armed uprising

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky25 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Escapes from the Winter Palace dressed up as a female nurse

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky25 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Leaves Petrograd to seek loyal troops as Bolsheviks seize power.

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov25 October 1917

Bykhov · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Remains imprisoned when Bolsheviks seize power in Petrograd.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin25 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Joseph Stalin25 October 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin and Stalin direct the Second Alln Congress of Soviets of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Leon Trotsky25 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Announces that the Provisional Government has been overthrown.

Leon Trotsky25 October 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Trotsky uses the Petrograd Soviet as a base for revolutionary action.

Lev Borisovich Kamenev4 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin, and Victor Nogin resign from the Central Committee on November 4, 1917 (Julian calendar)

Victor Nogin4 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin, and Victor Nogin resign from the Central Committee on November 4, 1917 (Julian calendar)

Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov4 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin, and Victor Nogin resign from the Central Committee on November 4, 1917 (Julian calendar)

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev4 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin, and Victor Nogin resign from the Central Committee on November 4, 1917 (Julian calendar)

Lev Borisovich Kamenev5 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin wrote a proclamation calling Zinoviev and Kamenev "deserters", he never forgot their behavior, eventually making an ambiguous reference to their "October episode" in his Testament

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin5 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin wrote a proclamation calling Zinoviev and Kamenev "deserters", he never forgot their behavior, eventually making an ambiguous reference to their "October episode" in his Testament

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev5 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Lenin wrote a proclamation calling Zinoviev and Kamenev "deserters", he never forgot their behavior, eventually making an ambiguous reference to their "October episode" in his Testament

Names involved

Aleksey Ivanovich RykovAlexander Fedorovich KerenskyGrigory Yevseyevich ZinovievJoseph StalinLavr Georgiyevich KornilovLeon TrotskyLev Borisovich KamenevVictor NoginVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

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