A workers’ and peasants’ government is formed

Delegates assembled at Smolny while the struggle for the Winter Palace continued. Menshevik and Right Socialist Revolutionary representatives walked out. The source date is 25 October 1917 Old Style.

The head of the Provisional Government departed in search of troops capable of reversing the uprising. The source date is 25 October 1917 Old Style.

Revolutionary forces entered the palace and arrested the remaining ministers of the Provisional Government. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.

The Soviet government called on all belligerent peoples and governments to negotiate an immediate peace without annexations or indemnities. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.

Landed estates were abolished without compensation and land was transferred for use under local peasant institutions. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.

The Soviet Congress reversed the Provisional Government’s restoration of the death penalty at the front. The source date is 26 October 1917 Old Style.

Cavalry forces seized Gatchina and Tsarskoye Selo in an attempt to restore the Provisional Government. The source date is 27 October 1917 Old Style.

Soviet governments were established in several industrial and provincial centres as news of the Petrograd victory travelled. The source date is 27 October 1917 Old Style.

The Soviet government limited ordinary industrial labour to eight hours daily and forty-eight hours weekly. The source date is 29 October 1917 Old Style.

Officer cadets attempted to overthrow the new Soviet authorities but were defeated by Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers. The source date is 29 October 1917 Old Style.