Detail from a 1898 map of St. Petersburg, the Russian capital, from a German atlas. Central St Petersburg, or Petrograd, is on the Neva River. Key landmarks from top to bottom include the Peter and Paul Fortress, which served as a prison, Nevski Prospect, a primary boulevard south of the Fortress, and the Mariyinsky Theater.
St Petersburg (Petrograd); Neva River, Peter and Paul Fortress; Nevski Prospect, Mariyinsky Theater
"Sunday, November 4, was in the nature of a dress rehearsal for the clash ahead. The Petrograd Soviet—that is to say, the Bolsheviks—called on their followers to demonstrate in their own districts, not violently, but simply to make a show of strength. There was no serious incident, but the meetings were crammed with soldiers and workers who were clearly only waiting for a signal, and through the course of the day the Bolshevik Military Committee sent messages to the regiments that in future they were to obey no orders but those of their commissars."
Some of the events of November 4 (October 22, Old Style), 1917 in Petrograd, capital of Russia. Although the Bolsheviks were in the majority in the Petrograd Soviet and the Military Revolutionary Committee, other socialist parties were also represented.
The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead, page 238, copyright © 1958 by Time, Inc., publisher: Carroll and Graf, publication date: 1989
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