1917165438+1at 5: 00 pm on October 7, 20,000 red guards and revolutionary fighters, under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party and with the cooperation of 10 armored vehicles, surrounded the last stronghold of the Russian bourgeois provisional government, the Winter Palace.

At 9: 45 pm, the revolutionary soldiers on the cruiser "Aphrodite" who succeeded in the uprising fired shells and poured them into the Winter Palace, and the fierce battle began.

The day before, the Red Guards, revolutionary soldiers and sailors commandos led by Lenin had occupied the most important strongholds in Petrograd-stations, telephone offices, post offices, power stations, political organs, banks and important bridges.

Kerensky saw that the tide was running out and fled in disguise, but before he left, he tried to make a dying struggle, transferred his troops back from the front line, and ordered stubborn forces such as cadets, "George Medal Barracks" and "Women's Camp" to concentrate on the Winter Palace to fight the trapped animals.

This is a decisive battle between revolutionary forces and counter-revolutionary forces. In the hail of bullets, red guards and revolutionary fighters rushed into the gate of the Winter Palace layer by layer, fighting the enemy room by room. The fighting continued until 2 am the next day, when all the defenders were wiped out and the 16 minister who was hiding here was captured. Bright red flags rose on the roof of the Winter Palace.

On the night of 165438+ year1October 7, the second congress of all-Russian engineers representing the Soviet Union opened in Smolny Institute.

The meeting adopted the Report to Workers, Peasants and Soldiers drafted by Lenin, and officially announced that the Russian bourgeois interim government was overthrown and all political power was owned by the Soviet Union. The first socialist country under the dictatorship of the proletariat was born in human history. The world began a new era.

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The historical significance of "October Revolution";

The October socialist revolution in Russia was the first socialist revolution in human history, and the first socialist country in the world was born.

The victory of the October Revolution dealt a heavy blow to imperialist rule, promoted the development of the international socialist movement and inspired the liberation struggle of the colonial and semi-colonial people.

It changed the development direction of Russian history, transformed Russia in a socialist way, and had a great impact on the development of the whole human society.

Mao Zedong wrote a passage in 1949: "The October Revolution brought us Marxism–Leninism with artillery. The October Revolution helped the advanced elements in the world and China, and used the proletarian world outlook as a tool to observe the destiny of the country and reflect on their own problems. Take the road of Russia-this is the conclusion. "

The October Revolution also ended the monopoly of capitalism and laid the foundation for the later establishment of the Oriental Group.

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