Storming of the Winter Palace

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coup d’état historical event military assault

The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d’état → historical event → military assault →
aim	seizure of state power by the Bolsheviks → transfer of power to the Soviets →
alsoKnownAs	Storming of the Winter Palace → surface form: "Assault on the Winter Palace"
chronologicalContext	World War I → collapse of the Russian Empire →
commandedBy	Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko NERFINISHED →
country	Russian Provisional Government → surface form: "Russian Republic"
date	25 October 1917 (Julian calendar) → 26 October 1917 (Julian calendar) → 7 November 1917 (Gregorian calendar) →
dateRange	25–26 October 1917 (Julian calendar) →
depictedIn	October: Ten Days That Shook the World → Soviet revolutionary propaganda →
followedBy	Russian Civil War → dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly →
hasCause	Bolshevik opposition to the Provisional Government → continuation of Russia’s participation in World War I → social and economic crisis in 1917 Russia →
hasLocation	Leningrad → surface form: "Petrograd" Russia → Winter Palace →
hasParticipant	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → surface form: "Bolsheviks" Petrograd garrison → Red Guards → Russian Provisional Government →
language	Russian →
opposedBy	cadet officers → forces loyal to the Provisional Government → women’s battalion →
organizedBy	Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet →
partOf	Russian Revolution → surface form: "October Revolution"
precededBy	July Days → Kornilov Affair → surface form: "Kornilov affair"
relatedTo	Russian Revolution → surface form: "February Revolution" Russian Revolution → surface form: "Russian Revolution of 1917"
result	Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd → arrest of members of the Provisional Government → establishment of Bolshevik control over the capital → overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government →
RussianName	Storming of the Winter Palace → surface form: "Штурм Зимнего дворца"
significance	decisive event of the October Revolution → symbolic beginning of Soviet rule →
supportedBy	Kronstadt rebellion → surface form: "Kronstadt sailors" Red Guards → surface form: "workers’ Red Guards"

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

Storming of the Winter Palace → RussianName → Storming of the Winter Palace →

this entity surface form: "Штурм Зимнего дворца"

Storming of the Winter Palace → alsoKnownAs → Storming of the Winter Palace →

this entity surface form: "Assault on the Winter Palace"

Russian Revolution → keyEvent → Storming of the Winter Palace →

this entity surface form: "storming of the Winter Palace"

Palace Square → significantEvent → Storming of the Winter Palace →