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Bolshevik (October) Revolution seizes Petrograd

Bolshevik forces under Vladimir Lenin overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and seized control of Petrograd, bringing the Bolsheviks to power.

The Bolshevik takeover removed Russia as a stable Allied partner on the Eastern Front, complicated U.S. and Allied diplomacy, and set the stage for the Wilson administration's later decisions on recognition and limited Allied interventions.

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