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Nicholas II signed his enforced abdication in favor of Grand Duke Mikhail who effectively declined in power
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-The Bolsheviks' persistance on seizing the Winter Palace plunged into an immediate civil war wich quickly ended with the Bolsheviks' victory in 1921
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(October 25, 1917 - October 1922)
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The telegram giving the order to execute the russian royalty was signed by Yakov Sverdlov
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The war between Russia and Germany in 1918 came to an end due to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk