Petrograd SovietThe Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (Russian: Петроградский совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов, Petrogradsky soviet rabochih i soldatskikh deputatov) was a city council of Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at the time. For brevity, it is usually called the Petrograd Soviet (Russian: Петроградский совет, Petrogradsky soviet).
Soviet (council)A soviet (Russian: совет, romanized: sovet, IPA:, lit.'council') is a representativeworkers' council that follows a socialist ideology, particularly in the context of the Russian Revolution. In the expanded meaning of "workers', peasants' and soldiers' councils", and later "councils of deputies", the soviets acted as the foundation of the form of government of Russian SFSR and the Soviet Union, and influenced the Makhnovshchina.
Russian Provisional GovernmentThe Russian Provisional Government was a provisional government of the Russian Empire and Russian Republic, announced two days before and established immediately after the abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March, O.S. [15 March 1917, N.S.], during the February Revolution. The intention of the provisional government was the organization of elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly and its convention.
Vladimir LeninLeader of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924PersonalEarly lifeDeath and state funeralMausoleumTestamentBrainSpeechesRevolutionary activityBolsheviksTampere conference of 19051907 Tiflis bank robberyRevolutionary situationRevolutionary defeatismLocomotive H2 293April ThesesOctober RevolutionGovernmentRevolutions of 1917–1923Assassination attempts1918 May 1 ParadeWar communismFamine of 1921–1922Hanging orderRed TerrorTwenty-one ConditionsTreaty of MoscowTrial of the Socialist RevolutionariesFirst and second governmentPolitical ideologyLeninismMarxism–LeninismBolshevismVanguardismTrotskyismDe-LeninizationBibliographyThe Development of Capitalism in RussiaWhat Is to Be Done?One Step Forward, Two Steps BackTwo Tactics of Social Democracy in the Democratic RevolutionMaterialism and Empirio-criticismPhilosophical NotebooksThe Three Sources and Three Component Parts of MarxismThe Right of Nations to Self-DeterminationImperialism, the Highest Stage of CapitalismThe State and RevolutionThe Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky"Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile DisorderLegacyEponymous placesStatuesMonument demolitions in UkraineLenin PrizeLenin Peace PrizeOrder of LeninSwedish Lenin AwardVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April[O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
Workers' councilA workers' council, also called labour council, is a type of council in a workplace or a locality made up of workers or of temporary and instantly revocable delegates elected by the workers in a locality's workplaces. In such a system of political and economic organization, the workers themselves are able to exercise decision-making power. Furthermore, the workers within each council decide on what their agenda is and what their needs are.
February RevolutionFirst of two 1917 revolutions in RussiaBelligerentsRussian Imperial GovernmentPetrograd PoliceGendarmesMinistry of Internal AffairsPetrograd GarrisonMonarchists: Russian AssemblyMonarchist UnionUnion of the Russian NationSocialists: Socialist Revolutionary PartyRussian Social Democratic Labour PartyBolsheviksMensheviksDashnaksLiberals: KadetsOctobristsProgressive PartyCommanders and leadersNicholas II Nikolai GolitsynAlexander KutepovSergey KhabalovMikhail BelyaevNikolai IvanovAlexander ProtopopovVladimir PurishkevichAlexander DubrovinAlexander KerenskyViktor ChernovYury LomonosovNikolay ChkheidzeJulius MartovAlexander ShliapnikovNikolay TolmachyovStepan ShahumyanGeorgy LvovPavel MiliukovAlexander GuchkovMikhail RodziankoStrengthPetrograd Police: 3,500UnknownCasualties and losses 1,443 killed in Petrograd862–1240: Ancient Rus'Rurik • Baptism of Rus' • Russkaya Pravda • Council of Liubech • Council of Uvetichi • Mongol conquest1240–1547: Appanage RussiaBlack Death • Battle of Kulikovo • MuscoviteCivil War • Great Stand on the Ugra River • Sudebnik of 14971547–1917: Tsarist RussiaTime of Troubles • Zemsky Sobor • Treaty ofNystad • Petrovian reforms • Patriotic War • Decembrist Revolt • Emancipation reform • Russo-Japanese War • 1905 Revolution • October Manifesto • Second Patriotic War1917–1922: Russian RevolutionFebruary Revolution • Provisional Government • Dvoyevlastiye • July Days • Kornilov affair • Directorate • Constituent Assembly (election) • Bolshevik Coup • Civil War • White Guard • Red Army • Soviet-Polish War • PriamuryeGovt.
Chinese Communist RevolutionThe Chinese Communist Revolution was a social and political revolution in mainland China that began in 1927 and culminated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. The revolution was led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which afterwards became the ruling party of China. The political revolution resulted in major social changes within China and has been looked at as a model by revolutionary communist movements in other countries.
PravdaPravda (Russian: Правда, IPA:, lit. 'Truth') is a Russian broadsheet newspaper, and was the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, when it was one of the most influential papers in the country with a circulation of 11 million. The first issue of Pravda was published in Vienna on October 3, 1908, with Leon Trotsky serving as its editor.
Mao ZedongCourtesy nameSimplified Chinese润之Traditional Chinese潤之Central institution membership 1964–1976: Member, National People's Congress 1954–1959: Member, National People's Congress 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Politburo 1938–1976: Member, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Central Committee Other offices held 1954–1959: Chairman of the People's Republic of China 1954–1976: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission 1954–1959: President and Chairman, National Defence Council 1954–1976: Honorary Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, Central People's Revolutionary Military Commission 1949–1954: Chairman, CPPCC National Committee 1949–1954: Chairman, PRC Central People's Government 1943–1956: Chairman, CCP Central Secretariat 1936–1949: Chairman, CCP Central Military Commission Paramount Leader ofthe People's Republic of China(Inaugural holder)Hua Guofeng→PersonalEarly lifeFormer ResidenceDeath and state funeralMemorial HallIdeologyMaoismThird WorldismMarxism–Leninism–MaoismGonzalo ThoughtPrachanda PathLeader of China1945 election as CCP leaderTenureRevolutionLand Reform MovementProclamationKorean WarCampaign to Suppress CounterrevolutionariesThree-anti and Five-anti CampaignsFirst five-year planFive Principles of Peaceful CoexistenceBandung ConferenceSufan movementHundred Flowers CampaignAnti-Rightist CampaignCanton FairGreat Leap ForwardGreat Chinese FamineTwo Bombs, One SatelliteSeven Thousand Cadres ConferenceSocialist Education MovementThird FrontCultural RevolutionAbolition of the presidencyUN representationRichard Nixon visitWorksBombard the HeadquartersA Critique of Soviet EconomicsOn ContradictionOn Guerrilla WarfareOn New DemocracyOn PracticeOn Protracted WarOn the Correct Handling ofContradictions Among the PeopleOn the People's Democratic DictatorshipOn the Ten Major RelationshipsOppose Book WorshipQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tungReply to Li ShuyiHunan ReportSelected Works of Mao Tse-TungThe Shian Kian Weekly ReviewPoetryChangshaThe Double NinthLoushan PassLegacyCult of personalityChairman Mao en route to AnyuanPortraits overlooking Tiananmen1989 vandalism incidentStatues YoungFuzhouChengduLong Live the VictoryNorth Park Commune inspectionMao Zedong (26December 1893 – 9September 1976) was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
BolsheviksThe Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical faction of the MarxistRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolshevik party, formally established in 1912, seized power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917 and was later renamed the Russian Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party, and ultimately the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Chinese Civil WarThe Chinese Civil War was fought between the government of the Republic of China (ROC), led by the Kuomintang (KMT), and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory that led to the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan on 7 December 1949. The war is generally divided into two phases with an interlude.
CommunismCommunism (from Latin'common, universal') is a political and economicideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic classless order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need. A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.