The October Revolution in Russia, also known as Red October, October Uprising, Petrograd Armed Uprising or Bolshevik Revolution, was called the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by the victorious Soviet Red Army. It is a great socialist revolution completed by the Russian working class under the leadership of the Soviet Union, and it is the second and last important stage of 19 17 Russian revolution. It happened in the Russian calendar (julian calendar) 19 17 10/0/25 October (A.D.191711year/kloc.