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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Generate an image of the Storming of the Winter Palace (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 Assault on the Winter Palace ⓘ
chronologicalContext World War I ⓘ
collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
commandedBy Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko ⓘ
country 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 Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad

Russia ⓘ
Winter Palace ⓘ
hasParticipant 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 October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
precededBy July Days ⓘ
Kornilov affair ⓘ
linked to: Kornilov Affair
relatedTo February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
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 Штурм Зимнего дворца ⓘ
significance decisive event of the October Revolution ⓘ
symbolic beginning of Soviet rule ⓘ
supportedBy Kronstadt sailors ⓘ
linked to: Kronstadt rebellion

workers’ Red Guards ⓘ
linked to: Red Guards

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Palace Square → significantEvent → Storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
Russian Revolution → keyEvent → storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
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Storming of the Winter Palace → alsoKnownAs → Assault on the Winter Palace ⓘ
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Storming of the Winter Palace → RussianName → Штурм Зимнего дворца ⓘ
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Palace Square, Saint Petersburg → significantEvent → 1917 storming of the Winter Palace (symbolic event) ⓘ
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Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets → convenedDuring → storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution → depictsEvent → storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
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Yevgeni Preobrazhensky → participatedIn → Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ
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Lenin in October → portrays → storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
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Ten Days That Shook the World → describesEvent → storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
linked to: Storming of the Winter Palace