The 1917 Revolution (October/November)
- The Kronstadt Mutiny
- 20,000 armed sailors tok control of Petrograd and demanded the Soviet take power
- Kornilov affair - The Bolsheviks are seen as defenders of Petrograd
- Kornilov treatened 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, Womans Battalion of Death and cadets