October Revolution

The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция, Oktyabr'skaya revolyutsiya), also known as the Russian Revolution, Great October Socialist Revolution, Red October or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd traditionally dated to 25 October 1917 Julian calendar (7 November 1917 Gregorian calendar). It was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, after the February Revolution of the same year. The October Revolution in Petrograd overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave the power to the local soviets dominated by Bolsheviks. As the revolution was not recognized outside of Petrograd the rest of the country was submerged into the all-national chaos of the Russian Civil War (1917–1922) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922.