Storming of the Winter Palace

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The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d’état
historical event
military assault
aim seizure of state power by the Bolsheviks
transfer of power to the Soviets
alsoKnownAs Storming of the Winter Palace
surface form: Assault on the Winter Palace
chronologicalContext World War I
collapse of the Russian Empire
commandedBy Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko
country Russian Provisional Government
surface form: Russian Republic
date 25 October 1917 (Julian calendar)
26 October 1917 (Julian calendar)
7 November 1917 (Gregorian calendar)
dateRange 25–26 October 1917 (Julian calendar)
depictedIn October: Ten Days That Shook the World
Soviet revolutionary propaganda
followedBy Russian Civil War
dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly
hasCause Bolshevik opposition to the Provisional Government
continuation of Russia’s participation in World War I
social and economic crisis in 1917 Russia
hasLocation Leningrad
surface form: Petrograd

Russia
Winter Palace
hasParticipant Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Petrograd garrison
Red Guards
Russian Provisional Government
language Russian
opposedBy cadet officers
forces loyal to the Provisional Government
women’s battalion
organizedBy Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
partOf Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
precededBy July Days
Kornilov Affair
surface form: Kornilov affair
relatedTo Russian Revolution
surface form: February Revolution

Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
result Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd
arrest of members of the Provisional Government
establishment of Bolshevik control over the capital
overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government
RussianName Storming of the Winter Palace self-linksurface differs
surface form: Штурм Зимнего дворца
significance decisive event of the October Revolution
symbolic beginning of Soviet rule
supportedBy Kronstadt rebellion
surface form: Kronstadt sailors

Red Guards
surface form: workers’ Red Guards

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Palace Square significantEvent Storming of the Winter Palace
Russian Revolution keyEvent Storming of the Winter Palace
this entity surface form: storming of the Winter Palace
Storming of the Winter Palace alsoKnownAs Storming of the Winter Palace
this entity surface form: Assault on the Winter Palace
Storming of the Winter Palace RussianName Storming of the Winter Palace self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Штурм Зимнего дворца
Palace Square, Saint Petersburg significantEvent Storming of the Winter Palace
this entity surface form: 1917 storming of the Winter Palace (symbolic event)
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets convenedDuring Storming of the Winter Palace
this entity surface form: storming of the Winter Palace