A hundred years ago, on November 7 (October 25 according to the Russian calendar), 1917, Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian government and established a communist dictatorship.

Unlike the grand celebrations of the Soviet past, the Kremlin skirted Tuesday's centennial of the Bolshevik Revolution — an anniversary that drew only a routine demonstration by Communist ...

Before the revolution of 1917, Iulii Martov was arguably a more prominent figure in Russia’s socialist movement than Vladimir ...

Leader of the Russian Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov visits Red Square to take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum to mark the October Revolution's centenary in Moscow ...

At the end of 1919, the Bolsheviks were consolidating power in Russia, and spreading their message abroad. By Clayton Black Dr. Black is an associate professor of history at Washington College. On ...

This week marks the centennial of the Bolsheviks’ October Revolution, the event that led to the formation of the Soviet Union - one of the most repressive and brutal regimes in human history.

Workers made up about 10% of the population of Russia at the time of the revolution, so it’s really audacious to say that this relatively small working class can take over a whole country. But the ...

Investopedia / Bailey Mariner. Lenin spent his adult life agitating for and leading revolutionary communist activities in Russia. This culminated in the 1917 October Revolution, which brought ...