When it comes to the October Revolution in Russia, many people think directly of it as a revolutionary movement launched in October. But the fact is that the October Revolution in Russia took place on November 7, 1917.
The proletarian party, which was dominated by the working workers at the bottom of the armed forces, surrounded the provisional government and occupied it in the early hours of the morning, which ended in the collapse of the capitalist provisional government.
Before the October Revolution, Russia was more of a capitalist serfdom practiced under tsarist autocracy, with the upper echelons exploiting the middle strata and the middle strata suppressing the deceitful strata.
This series of exploitative measures has led to unequal treatment of working people at the bottom, which in turn has caused widespread social dissatisfaction.
Under the mutual suppression of policies and the economy, there have been problems such as people's strikes and demonstrations, lagging productivity, and economic decline. New ideological forces were then needed to change the present social landscape, which was the reason for the outbreak of the October Revolution.
Revolutionary uprisings are often due to the intensification of class contradictions, including the human, financial and material resources consumed by foreign wars. The First World War also affected the lives of the people at home and led to the rise of the people at the bottom.
Prior to this, the proletarian theory preached by the proletarianists represented by Lenin had already received a high degree of pursuit among intellectuals and the enthusiastic support of the workers at the bottom.
By coincidence, the October Revolution broke out.
Fast forward to the night before November 7, Lenin secretly came to the General Headquarters of the Uprising, the Smolny Palace, and as the commander-in-chief, he personally directed this sensational war at home and abroad.
From the early morning of the 6th to the 7th, under the command of the leadership, the great armed contingent seized the important entrances and exits represented by the railway station and the Nikolayevsky railway station as quickly as possible, and successfully won the key chips and gained the initiative.
That night, a particularly coincidental event occurred before the uprising, when some armed soldiers, in order to boost the morale of the army or intimidate the Provisional Government, used the cruiser Aurora to fire several squibs to suppress the enemy.
In fact, before this uprising, the Provisional Government was already embattled, and under the attack of pro-Tsarist forces such as the October Party and the Royalist Army, its prestige was lost and it was in a mess.
The defeat in world war I made the people complain even more, which was a step closer to the overthrow of the provisional government by the masses. The Provisional Government was forced to resist and launched a final resistance, arresting important leaders in the armed ranks.
This led Lenin, after convincing the other members of the Central Committee to launch this revolutionary campaign to overthrow the Provisional Government in advance.
Everything was ready, and after the great leader Lenin announced the order to launch a siege and suppression, the revolutionary soldiers and insurrectionary workers surrounded the Winter Palace with lightning speed and engaged them in a fierce white-knife battle.
A few hours later, the triumphant news of victory came out, the armed men won all the victories, and the bourgeois government was finally overthrown.
The victory of the socialist revolution ignited the flame of hope, and Russia established the first socialist state power at that time and became the leader of socialism.
Simply put, the October Revolution was an armed uprising of the weak powers to encircle the bourgeois regime by force, and the socialist state established by the working people at the bottom, namely, the Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Since the October Revolution took place in November, why not call it the November Revolution, but the October Revolution?
One of the main reasons was that Russia at that time was practicing a chronology called the Julian calendar, which was different from the current AD chronology. The Julian calendar is calculated as a year of 365 days, which is also calculated as an increase of 1 day every 4 years for a leap year.
This chronology, which seemed extremely advanced at the time, was widely respected by the people, and then spread to the European continent and was widely used.
However, after some people calculated, it was found that after 128 years, there would be an extra day, which led to the gradual departure of the number of years from now on.
In 1582, the Pope proposed the current Gregorian chronology, but unfortunately this accurate method was not recognized by some countries. Tsarist Russia was one of them, and they continued to follow the old Julian calendar.
The October Revolution, on the other hand, took place on October 25 of the Julian calendar, which is what is commonly known as the Russian calendar. Therefore, the October Revolution that has been handed down actually occurred in November.
In order to commemorate this great day, the old calendar was followed, hence the name "October Revolution".
The development of the times will inevitably bring about some new products, and the new products are often because people's ideas are exchanged in a new way. Marx wandered around and accumulated experience to write the "Capital" that liberated the minds of all mankind.
Then Russia at that time urgently needed a new state of consciousness to liberate the people of the whole country. Strikes by the working class are an expression in which the people at the bottom unite to build up their own proletarian revolutionary ranks against their enemies --- evil capitalism.
The victory of the October Revolution conveyed a new line of thought to the whole world. Based on freedom and equality, the combination of Marx's theory, and the new political leadership style of the working class and the working class as the dominant force, developed into a superpower during the Cold War--- the Soviet Union.
The October Revolution brought about a new social path, and as a result, the idea of a new democracy of freedom, like a dandelion seed, sowed seeds all over the world, and a new world situation was opened.
China was one of them, inspired by the Soviet Union, and decided to take the socialist road. Prior to this, semi-feudal and semi-colonial China had been imitating the capitalist path of the West.
However, the wrong way of development that is not in line with the actual situation of the country has led to a change of thinking and the development of other paths.
At this time, the October Revolution brought hope to the country and opened up a new social and national outlook, which led to the emergence of today's New China.
The victory of the October Revolution also had a major impact on the whole world at that time, dealing a heavy blow to imperialist rule, promoting the development of the international socialist movement and changing the course of Russian history.
More importantly, the victory of the October Revolution inspired the liberation struggles of many colonies or semi-colonies.
In addition to capitalism today, there is a powerful force ---- socialism composed of peoples of the Third World. It put an end to capitalist supremacy and laid the foundation for the subsequent establishment of the socialist camp.
Of course, looking back at the many uprisings in history, the October Revolution may not be particularly vigorous, but its victory has set a new milestone for the development of human society.
References: Russian Calendar, Russian October Revolution
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