Russian October 1917 Revolution - When, what, who, why, how and where.

the idea to use the state of Russian government to capitalise on his party’s popularity.WhoThe chains of events were triggered by one man called Lenin whose role in the February Revolution must be studied first. Looking back at the aftermath of the previous revolution in February, with Tsar Nicholas II being overthrown by the people and the military, a provisional government was formed by the leading members of Tsar’s parliamentary body called Duma which was led by Kerensky until further election can be held. Despite that, the state of Russian government was still in a chaos. Looking to benefit from this turmoil, socialistic Lenin, the enemy of many Tsarists, whose return was approved by the government came back and won the heart of many Russians with his political party’s campaign, Bolsheviks. From then, the Bolsheviks and Lenin became a big power in Russian with massive support from the people. Furthermore, since Lenin intended to put an end to war, Germany played a major role in the Revolution by financially supporting Lenin and his party.WhyAfter Lenin and his political party, Bolsheviks became a major power in Russia; he decided that it was time to capitalise on that fact. In October 1917, Lenin held a famous meeting with 12 party leaders, proposing them the idea of Revolution. Even though, not all of them concurred, plotting of the revolution began.HowThe decided date was 24th of October; troops loyal to Bolsheviks took up crucial positions in Petrograd (modern St. Petersburg) such as the telegraph office, railroad stations and major bridges. The Coup D’état went smoothly with the guards commissioned by the Provisional Government fleeing the city without putting up a fight. By the day after, all key buildings in the city were under Bolsheviks’ control except for the Winter Palace where Kerensky and his government leaders holed up inside. Shortly after, Kerensky fled the Palace and never returned to Russia, ending the Revolution without any bloodshed.WhereThe Revolution took place in Petrograd or St. Petersburg in Russia