It was a pivotal moment of the 20th century. When Russian Bolshevik revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace in October 1917, their actions resonated far beyond the then capital of Petrograd, far even beyond Russia’s borders. But 100 years later, people in Russia still struggle to agree on what the October revolution meant for their country.
Financial Times: One hundred years on, what do Russians think of 1917?
Picture taken in 1917 showing people demonstrating in Moscow during the period of the Russian revolution. During the October 1917 Revolution, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Kerensky's Provisional Government, formed during the March 1917 Revolution, and replaced it for a soviet one, leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union. The October Revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, and marked the beginning of the spread of communism in the twentieth century.
