October/November Revolution 1917
-The Kronstadt Mutiny was a naval base.
-20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
-Kornilov affair - The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
-Kornilov threatened to attack the city
-Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side)
-Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
-Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter palace
-Winter Palace defended by Cossacks, Women’s Battalion of Death and cadets
-20,000 armed sailors took control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
-Kornilov affair - The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
-Kornilov threatened to attack the city
-Bolsheviks led by Trotsky (military side)
-Lenin led the Petrograd uprising and it was bloodless
-Cruiser Aurora fired one blank shot at Winter palace
-Winter Palace defended by Cossacks, Women’s Battalion of Death and cadets
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end."
-Leon Trotsky