A mass meeting in the Putilov Works in Petrograd during the 1917 Russian Revolution
Wikipedia - "The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). Alongside it arose grassroots community assemblies (called 'soviets') which contended for authority. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power was given to the soviets. The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at that time. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament (the Duma) assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, resulting in Nicholas's abdication. ..."
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NY Times: Red Century - Exploring the history and legacy of Communism, 100 years after the Russian Revolution.
BBC - To the cinema, comrades: The revolutionary age of Soviet film posters
W - Ten Days That Shook the World, John Reed, [PDF]
YouTube: Russian Revolutions of 1917 (Revolution in Red) 23:33, The October Revolution
Vladimir Lenin addressing a crowd in Moscow in 1918.
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