Describe the main events of the October Revolution in Russia.

The main events of the October Revolution in Russia were

(i) On 16th October, 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to seizure of power. A Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed under the leadership of Leon Trotskii.

(ii) The uprising began on 24th October, when pro-government troops were sent to take over telephone and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace. In a swift response, the Military Revolutionary Committee ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers.

(iii) The city was under the committee’s control and the ministers surrendered. Uprisings took place in other cities also. By December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area.