Russian Revolution: Quick Facts
Facts
| Date | November 6, 1917 - November 7, 1917 • October 24, 1917 - October 25, 1917 |
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| Location | St. Petersburg • Russian Empire |
| Participants | Bolshevik • Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies |
| Context | Soviet Union |
Did You Know?
- The tsar and other Romanovs were executed by the Bolsheviks after the revolution.
- Bloody Sunday in 1905 and the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War both helped lead to the 1917 revolution.
- After taking over, the Bolsheviks promised 'peace, land, and bread' to the Russian people.
- In 1917 Lenin returned to Russia from exile with German help.
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Timeline
Russian Provisional Government
March 1917 - November 1917
July Days
July 16, 1917 - July 20, 1917
October Revolution
November 6, 1917 - November 7, 1917
Key People
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
Alexis
prince of Russia [1904–1918]
Anastasia
Russian grand duchess
Alexandra
empress consort of Russia
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Grigory Yevseyevich Zinovyev
Russian revolutionary
Aleksandr Kerensky
prime minister of Russia
Lev Kamenev
Soviet government official
Nikolay Bukharin
Soviet political leader
Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov
Soviet statesman
Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Russian revolutionary
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya
Soviet politician
Semyon Mikhaylovich Budenny
Soviet general and politician
Alexander Israel Helphand
Russian socialist
Aleksandr Ivanovich Konovalov
Russian politician
Andrey Sergeyevich Bubnov
Soviet official
Nikolay Semyonovich Chkheidze
Russian revolutionary
