1917 November 7

Koppány Simon

Erscheinungsdatum: 1980

Beschreibung

Size: A1 1 Sheet (cca. 59 x 84 cm). 1917 November 7 is a 1980s original vintage Hungarian event propaganda poster designed by Simon Koppany The October Revolution officially known in Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution and commonly referred to as Red October the October Uprising the Bolshevik Revolution or the Bolshevik Coup was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917 It took place with an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 7 November 1917 It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government after a transfer of power proclaimed by Grand Duke Michael brother of Tsar Nicolas II who declined to take power after the Tsar stepped down During this time urban workers began to organize into councils soviets wherein revolutionaries criticized the provisional government and its actions After the Congress of Soviets now the governing body had its second session it elected members of the Bolsheviks and other leftist groups such as the Left Socialist Revolutionaries to important positions within the new state of affairs This immediately initiated the establishment of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic the world s first self proclaimed socialist state On 17 July 1918 the Tsar and his family were executed The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the occupation of government buildings on 7 November 1917 The following day the Winter Palace the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd then capital of Russia was captured source wikipedia org Very good, fold marks, creases and small tears along the border, one bigger paper loss at the bottom left corner. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4255

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 1917 November 7

Erscheinungsdatum: 1980

Einband: Paper, offset lithography.