Petrograd garrison

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military garrison military unit

The Petrograd garrison was the body of soldiers stationed in Petrograd whose shifting allegiance from the Provisional Government to the Bolsheviks played a decisive role in the success of the October Revolution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Petrograd garrison canonical	2
Petrograd police	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military garrison ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks Petrograd Soviet ⓘ Russian Provisional Government ⓘ surface form: Provisional Government of Russia
commandStructure	Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ surface form: Petrograd Soviet Military Revolutionary Committee
composedOf	artillery units ⓘ garrison troops unfit for front-line service ⓘ infantry units ⓘ reserve regiments ⓘ training battalions ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dissolvedIn	after consolidation of Soviet power ⓘ
hasRole	defense of Petrograd ⓘ internal security force ⓘ political actor in Russian Revolution ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Leningrad ⓘ surface form: Petrograd
historicalSignificance	decisive factor in success of October Revolution ⓘ key source of armed support for Bolsheviks in 1917 ⓘ undermined authority of Provisional Government ⓘ
influencedBy	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Party Petrograd Soviet ⓘ anti-war sentiment among soldiers ⓘ desertion crisis in Russian Army ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Leningrad ⓘ surface form: Petrograd Russia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
opposed	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ surface form: Provisional Government of Russia
participatedIn	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: February Revolution July Days ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: October Revolution Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
partOf	Imperial Russian Army ⓘ Imperial Russian Army ⓘ surface form: Russian Army Russian military forces in World War I ⓘ
significantEvent	refusal to support Provisional Government against Bolshevik insurrection ⓘ shift of allegiance from Provisional Government to Bolsheviks in October 1917 ⓘ support for Military Revolutionary Committee in October 1917 ⓘ
successor	Red Army units stationed in Petrograd ⓘ
supported	Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
timePeriod	1917 ⓘ World War I ⓘ
usedBy	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ surface form: Bolsheviks Petrograd Soviet ⓘ Russian Provisional Government ⓘ surface form: Provisional Government of Russia

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Storming of the Winter Palace → hasParticipant → Petrograd garrison ⓘ

Petrograd Soviet → governed → Petrograd garrison ⓘ

Petrograd strikes of 1917 → opposedBy → Petrograd garrison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Petrograd police