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The October Revolution: How the Bolsheviks Seized Power in Russia
The October Revolution was the second and decisive revolution in Russia in 1917, when Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party overthrew the Provisional Government in Petrograd. This armed insurrection, occurring on November 7th (October 25th in the old Russian calendar), led directly to the Russian Civil War and the creation of the Soviet Union, fundamentally reshaping global history.