BY-1467606 The 1917 Revolution

The October Revolution (Russian: Октя́брьская револю́ция) officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (Russian: Вели́кая Октя́брьская социалисти́ческая револю́ция) was a seizure of state power. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 25 October 1917 (by the Julian calendar which corresponds to 7 November 1917 in the Gregorian calendar).

This Revolution followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and established a provisional government composed predominantly of former nobles and aristocrats. The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the provisional government and gave the power to the local soviets. The Bolshevik party was heavily supported by the soviets. The Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state was then established. As the revolution was not universally recognized, the Russian Civil War (1917–1922) occurred and ended with the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.

 

This postcard commemorates 1917 and came from Valentina (6 January 2015) Postcrossing.