Establishment of Soviet power in Russia (1917–1918)

The Establishment of Soviet power in Russia (in Soviet historiography, «Triumphal Procession of Soviet Power») was the process of establishing Soviet power throughout the territory of the former Russian Empire, with the exception of areas occupied by the troops of the Central Powers, following the seizure of power by Bolsheviks in Petrograd on 7 November 1917 [O.S. 25 October], and in mostly completed by the beginning of the German offensive along the entire front on February 18, 1918. == Overview == The period from November 1917 to February 1918 was distinguished by the relative speed and ease of establishing the power of the Bolsheviks and eliminating the armed resistance of their opponents (near Petrograd, in Moscow, Ukraine, Don, Kuban, etc.).

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