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The rise and fall of the Russian tsars
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Also called:
Bolshevik Revolution
Date:
November 6, 1917 - November 7, 1917
Location:
Russia
Participants:
Bolshevik
Context:
Russian Revolution
Soviet Union
Key People:
Alexander Israel Helphand
Aleksandr Kerensky
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
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October Revolution

Russian history
Also known as: Bolshevik Revolution, November Revolution
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October Revolution, (Oct. 24–25 [Nov. 6–7, New Style], 1917), the second and last major phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, in which the Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia, inaugurating the Soviet regime. See Russian Revolution of 1917.