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• Academia - The impact of the Bolshevik revolution 1917 in International Politics.pdf
• American Historical Association - GI Roundtable 46: Our Russian Ally (1945)
• Alpha History - The October Revolution
• The Ohio State University - Origins - The October Revolution in Russia
• Al Jazeera - The failed dream of a Russian revolution
• Globalsecurity.org - The October Revolution
• Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine - October Revolution of 1917
• University of Cambridge - Sociology Research - The Significance of the October Revolution of 1917

Also known as: Bolshevik Revolution, November Revolution

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Bolshevik Revolution

October Revolution, (Oct. 24–25 [Nov. 6–7, New Style], 1917), the second and last major phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, in which the Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia, inaugurating the Soviet regime. See Russian Revolution of 1917.