The early hours of 7 November 1917 [OS October 25] heralded a seismic shift in Russian history as Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks orchestrated a coup that would reverberate across the world.
Marching on Petrograd’s Winter Palace, the insurgent Red Guards captured the heart of the capital, ending months of turmoil under the weak Provisional Government.
With minimal bloodshed, Lenin's forces dismantled the old regime, ushering in a revolutionary new order grounded in Bolshevik ideals of class equality and radical socialism.
This pivotal event, known as the October Revolution, set the foundation for the Soviet state and reshaped global geopolitics, igniting ideological battles and dreams of proletarian rule that would endure for much of the 20th century.
