1917 12th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Works with the committee preparing armed action.
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Military Revolutionary Committee
The Petrograd Soviet body that organized the October seizure of power. This page combines historical context with 15 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Russian Revolution collection.
Historical context
Military Revolutionary Committee: overview and significance
What happened?
The Military Revolutionary Committee was established under the Petrograd Soviet during the October political crisis. Bolshevik leaders used it to coordinate garrison units, Red Guards and strategic operations in the capital.
Why was it important?
The committee provided an institutional mechanism for the insurrection within the Soviet structure. It was the operational body through which the Provisional Government was displaced in Petrograd.
World History Database records
Military Revolutionary Committee timeline
The records below are selected from the 726-record Russian Revolution collection and rendered as static HTML for reading and indexing.
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1917 12th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Represents Baltic sailors in revolutionary military planning.
1917 12th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Becomes active in the committee's military preparations.
1917 12th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Helps create the committee under Petrograd Soviet authority.
1917 16th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Serves in the committee as Bolshevik plans advance.
1917 16th October
MRC
Approves the creation of the Military Revolutionary Committee
1917 16th October
President of Russia
Appointed President of the Military Revolutionary Committee
1917 20th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Works with Bolshevik revolutionary structures linked to the Soviet.
1917 20th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
Attends the first meeting of the committee.
1917 20th October
Revolutionary Military Committee
Takes part in the first meeting of the Petrograd Soviet's Military Revolutionary Committee.
1917 21st October
Garrison Commissars Appointed
Podvoisky helps extend Military Revolutionary Committee authority by placing commissars with key Petrograd military units.
1917 24th October
October Revolution
Orders action against Bolshevik newspapers and the Military Revolutionary Committee.
1917 25th October
Winter Palace Assault
Leads forces acting under the Military Revolutionary Committee.
1917 28th October
Military Revolutionary Committee
The committee helps defend the new regime.
1917
MRC
Appointed Member of Military Revolutionary Committee
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Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Russian Revolution records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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