Government troops retake Tashkent

Writing in hiding, Lenin argued that workers could not simply take over the existing state machinery but needed a new form of power based on soviets. The source date is 12 September 1917 Old Style.

In letters to party leaders, Lenin argued that conditions now favoured a Soviet government. The source date is 14 September 1917 Old Style.

More than a thousand delegates met to create political legitimacy for a new government, but deep divisions remained over coalition and war. The source date is 14 September 1917 Old Style.

The elected Central Committee of the Baltic Fleet refused the government’s dissolution order. The source date is 18 September 1917 Old Style.

The Soviet displaced the existing local authorities in Tashkent during a wider movement against the Provisional Government. The source date is 18 September 1917 Old Style.

The party selected a national list that included Lenin and Stalin for the forthcoming election. The source date is 23 September 1917 Old Style.

The election demonstrated the Bolsheviks’ growing influence in the capital’s central workers’ and soldiers’ council. The source date is 25 September 1917 Old Style.

Party leaders reversed an earlier decision and rejected participation in the consultative body created around the Provisional Government. The source date is 5 October 1917 Old Style.

Soldiers’ representatives declared that the garrison would no longer recognize the Provisional Government’s authority. The source date is 6 October 1917 Old Style.

Trotsky denounced the body and led the Bolshevik delegation out, marking a final break with attempts to preserve coalition rule. The source date is 7 October 1917 Old Style.