Extremely rare images of the October Revolution in Russia
The October Revolution in Russia was one of the greatest events of the 20th century, marking a new milestone in the history of human development.
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| Volynsky Regiment, the first regiment to go to the front (February 1917). Photo: VNA |
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| Red Guard soldiers disarm counter-revolutionaries (February 1917). Photo archive |
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| The navy in Kronstadt marched to Petrograd to fight against the Russian bourgeois government (August 1917). Photo: VNA |
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| Workers and revolutionary army with the slogan: "Warmly welcome the transfer of all factories and workshops to the hands of the Soviet Republic" - October 1917. Photo copyright of the Russian Federal Archives, provided by the Russian Center of Science and Culture |
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| Lenin with revolutionary soldiers in the Smolny Palace on the afternoon of November 6, 1917, directly leading the uprising. Photo: VNA |
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| Revolutionary forces in Petrograd in 1917. Photo: VNA |
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| On the evening of November 6, 1917, the battleship Aurora fired the first shots signaling the attack on the Winter Palace. Photo: VNA |
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| On the evening of November 6 and early morning of November 7, 1917, sailors, Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), arresting ministers of the Provisional Government. Photo: VNA |
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| Revolutionary forces attack the Winter Palace on November 7, 1917. File photo |
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| On the night of November 7, 1917, the Congress of Soviets was convened, establishing the Soviet Government headed by Lenin. Photo: VNA |
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| Red Army units in the early revolutionary period (1917). Photo: VNA |
