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The October Revolution brought Lenin and Bolsheviks to power

Bolshevik armed forces seized government buildings in Petrograd in November 1917

In November 1917 (October in the Julian calendar), Vladimir Lenin and his radical Marxist Bolshevik party led an insurrection in Petrograd against the Russian Provisional Government. The takeover ended imperial rule, withdrew Russia from World War I, and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.

After the capture of the Winter Palace 26 October 1917 — Pyotr Novitsky · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Bolshevik armed forces seized government buildings in Petrograd in November 1917. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.