September-October 26th 1917 of the Russian Revolution

  • Bolsheviks achieve majority in Moscow Soviet

  • Bolsheviks achieve majority in Petrograd Soviet

  • Trotsky elected chairman of Petrograd Soviet

  • Lenin revives slogan 'All Power to the Soviets'

  • Bolshevik Central Committee discusses whether to overthrow Provisional Government

  • First full meeting of Military Revolutionary Committee (Milrevcom)

  • Milrevcom troops and Red Guards begin to re-take city from Kerensky's forces.

  • Lenin declares overthrow of Provisional Government

  • Lenin issues first decrees

  • Bolsheviks capture Winter Palace and overthrow Provisional Government

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    Kerensky orders arrest of leading Bolsheviks, closure of Bolshevik newspapers and raising of bridges of central Petrograd