Provisional Government Declared Overthrown
Lenin announces that the Provisional Government has been overthrown as the Bolsheviks consolidate control of Petrograd.
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October
Second Congress of Soviets
The Second Congress confirms the Bolshevik takeover of government power.
Second Congress of Soviets
Presides over Congress as the uprising succeeds.
Second Congress of Soviets
Presides over the Second Congress as Bolsheviks seize power.
Second Congress of Soviets
Trotsky presides as Soviet delegates approve the transfer of power.
Winter Palace Assault
Leads forces acting under the Military Revolutionary Committee.
Appointment as Education Commissar
Lunacharsky becomes People's Commissar for Education in the first Soviet government.
Bolshevik Party
The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets
Capture of Kremlin
The Military Revolutionary Council troops seize the Kremlin
Capture of Saint Petersburg
The military revolutionary Council troops seize the Winter Palace
Capture of Winter Palace
Podvoisky helps direct forces surrounding the Winter Palace as the remaining Provisional Government ministers are arrested.
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars
Congress of Soviets
The Bolsheviks open the 2nd Congress of Soviets
Constitution of Russia
Congress approves the Council of Peoples Commissars
Council of People's Commissars
Becomes head of the new Soviet government.
Council of People's Commissars Formed
Lenin becomes chairman of the Council of People's Commissars created by the Second Congress of Soviets.
Decree on Land
Lenin presents the Decree on Land abolishing private landed estates and transferring land for local redistribution.
Decree on Peace
Presents early Soviet decrees after the Bolshevik victory.
Decree on Peace
Lenin presents the Decree on Peace calling for immediate negotiations toward a democratic peace without annexations or indemnities.
Decree on Peace
Declares, "The workers movement will triumph and will pave the way to peace and socialism".
Decree on Peace
The Decree on Peace, written by Vladimir Lenin, is passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants Deputies following the success of the October Revolution.
Decree on Peace
The workers and peasants Government, created by the Revolution of October 24-25 based on the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies, calls upon all belligerent peoples and their Government to start negotiations for a democratic peace.
Menshevik Opposition
Opposes one-party Bolshevik rule after the October uprising
Peace
The Decree on Peace, written by Vladimir Lenin, is passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants Deputies following the success of the October Revolution
Second Congress of Soviets
Presents decrees on peace and land to the Second Congress
Death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
The Death Penalty abolished
Death Penalty Abolished
The Death Penalty is abolished
Decree on Peace
The Decree on Peace is published in the Izvestiya newspaper, proposes an immediate withdrawal of Russia from World War I
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Kerensky leaves Petrograd with Krasnov's support in an effort to regain control from the Bolsheviks.
Krasnov March
Joins General Krasnov in an attempt to retake Petrograd.
Peace
The Decree on Peace is published in the Izvestiya newspaper, proposes an immediate withdrawal of Russia from World War I
Post-Revolution Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet becomes a foundation of the new revolutionary government.
Post-Revolution Soviet
Uses the Soviet as a base for new Bolshevik authority.
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Kerensky joins Krasnov's headquarters while seeking military support for a counter-revolutionary campaign.
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Krasnov's Cossack detachment advances toward Gatchina during the unsuccessful attempt to restore the Provisional Government.
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Krasnov gathers Cossack forces south of Petrograd after agreeing to support Kerensky's attempt to challenge Bolshevik power.
Military Revolutionary Committee
The committee helps defend the new regime.
Kerensky-Krasnov Advance
Krasnov leads Cossack troops supporting Kerensky in an attempt to retake Petrograd from the Bolsheviks.
Battle of Pulkovo
His forces are repulsed outside Petrograd.
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