Seventy-three days after the October Revolution, Vladimir Lenin danced in the snow outside the Winter Palace to celebrate the fact that his own experiment had lasted longer than the Paris Commune. For ...

The Winter Palace is widely believed to have suffered more damage from Eisenstein’s film crew than from the actual revolution. In 1917 there was no dramatic storming of the Winter Palace.

By October, revolution had reversed their roles, leaving the former tsar a prisoner and Lenin holding all the power. ... On October 25, 1917, the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace, ...

The rebels assaulted the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, ousted the ruling council, and began the long civil war between “Red” and “White” Russia that ultimately ended in establishment of Soviet ...

Vladimir Lenin’s Return Journey to Russia Changed the World Forever On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, our writer set out from Zurich to relive this epic travel ...

Hutchinson: Without Lenin, the Bolsheviks probably would not have taken over in October of 1917. He’s the one who’s constantly pushing the Bolshevik faction within the Social Democrats to seize power.

Lenin and the Winter Palace. Pavilion No.1 Tsentralny, white as sugar, with gold-glazed bas-relief statues, pillar heads and the star on its spire, ... It is the October Revolution Hall focused on the ...

During the October Revolution of 1917, after Nicholas II had abdicated the throne, the Imperial family would never again see their home at the Winter Palace, as they were placed in a remote house ...

IMMEDIATELY after the October Revolution in 1917, the Soviet government took effective measures to protect cultural relics. Government commissars charged with the task of ensuring the safety of ...

Aurora with her cannons pointing toward the Winter Palace in Petrograd, prior to October 24, 1917. (Photo Credit: Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images) At 9:40 PM on October 24, 1917, ...

It may not have been the proverbial shot heard around the world, but when the Russian protected cruiser Aurora opened fire on October 24, 1917, it started the assault on the Winter Palace in ...