October Revolution
- The Kronstadt Mutiny
- 20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
- Kornilov affair - The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov thretened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side)
- Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
- Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
- Winter Palace defended by Cossacks,
Women's Battalion of Death Cadets
- 20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
- Kornilov affair - The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov thretened to attack the city
- Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side)
- Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
- Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter Palace
- Winter Palace defended by Cossacks,
Women's Battalion of Death Cadets
‘We summon you to a social revolution. We appeal to you not to die for others but to destroy others, to destroy your enemies on the home front’
– Lenin