Important milestones of the October Revolution in Russia
(Baonghean.vn) - After the bourgeois democratic revolution in February 1917, in Russia there existed a situation of two parallel governments, one side was the bourgeois Provisional Government and the other side was the Soviet of workers' and soldiers' deputies, headed by the Petrograd Soviet.
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| Holding up a picture of the great leader of the proletariat Vladimir Lenin during a march. Photo: VNA |
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| Leader VI Lenin secretly returned from Finland to directly lead the successful October Revolution in Russia. Photo archive |
In April 1917, Lenin secretly returned from Finland to directly lead the Russian revolution. On the night of October 24, 1917 according to the old Russian calendar (ie the night of November 6, 1917), an armed uprising broke out in the capital Petrograd. On October 25, 1917 according to the old Russian calendar (ie November 7, 1917), the insurgent forces took control of the situation in the capital Petrograd, except for the Winter Palace and a few other places.
At 2:10 a.m. on October 26, 1917, the Winter Palace was liberated and the ministers of the Provisional Government were arrested. The armed uprising in Petrograd ended in victory.
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| Workers in Petrograd took to the streets in protest during the February Revolution. |
October 25, 1917 - November 7, 1917 - was recorded in history as the day of victory of the great October Socialist Revolution.
The Russian October Revolution was one of the greatest events of the 20th century, marking a new milestone in the history of human development. It abolished the exploiting classes, bourgeoisie, landlords and the regime of man exploiting man, turning the heavily oppressed and exploited proletariat into the leading class and master of society; liberated the working people, turning the workers from slaves into masters of the country.
The success of the Russian October Revolution led to the birth of the socialist state - the first proletarian dictatorship state in human history and made socialism from theory to reality in world political life. It signaled the beginning of the process of transforming the world according to socialism and communism.
This great event opened a fundamental turning point in human history, from the capitalist world to the socialist world, opening a new era - the era of transition from capitalism to socialism on a worldwide scale.
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| On the morning of November 7, 1917, the insurgents attacked the Winter Palace in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), starting the great October Revolution in Russia. Photo courtesy of VNA. |
The October Revolution in Russia overthrew imperialism in the "homeland" and at the same time struck its rear, the colonies of the Tsarist Russia, opening a period of unstoppable uprising of oppressed peoples to gain independence and freedom, shaking the vast rear of world imperialism.
The success of the Russian October Revolution strongly encouraged and attracted the national liberation revolutionary movement of the colonial countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The victory of the national liberation revolutionary movement and socialist revolution in a series of countries, such as Poland, Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Mongolia, Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam, created the practical premises for the birth of a social system that had never existed before in history and only a short time after its birth - the system of socialist countries played a dominant role in many important processes of the modern world.
The Russian October Revolution has an extremely profound historical significance and international character; no revolution in the present era is not deeply influenced by the October Revolution. It shows that: In the present era, the inevitable and natural combination between the struggle for democracy and the struggle for socialism, between democracy and socialism is not only the goal but also a strong driving force to promote social progress, bringing human society to freedom, justice, equality and civilization.
National independence and socialism (CNXH) that the October Revolution ushered in changed the world situation. It was the successful experience of Marxism-Leninism in practice, leaving invaluable lessons for countries and peoples in the revolutionary struggle for national independence and socialism. To this day, although a century has passed, the October Revolution still retains its historical and epochal significance that endures over time.
