EMPEROR? The Revolution is in danger! "General... ...Kornilov... ...is advancing !" "Kornilov is advancing !" "Defend Petrograd!" "Kornilov is advancing !" "In the name of God and Country." "In the name of God... "In the name of Country." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" General Kornilov. Two Napoleons. Which of the two? Kornilov is advancing. With the Savage Division. With British tanks. And the government? The government is powerless. "Kornilov shall not pass." Prison doors were torn open. The "TURNCOATS." The "TRAITORS." The BOLSHEVIKS. The arsenal was in the hands of the people. The workers of Petrograd took over... ...the defence of the city. DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS. THE SMOLNY. The "TURNCOATS." The "TRAITORS." The BOLSHEVIKS. THE SAVAGE DIVISION. "GOD IS WITH US." The Bolshevik leaflet... ...spoke their language. BREAD! PEACE ! LAND! BROTHERHOOD! Fraternizing. And... General Kornilov was arrested. PROLETARIAN, LEARN TO USE YOUR RIFLE! "The Bolsheviks must seize power!" "This will be the last and decisive battle!" The hour drew near. On October 10th., the Central Committee Of The Bolsheviks debated the question of an armed uprising. Trotsky urged for a postponement. Waiting until Rodzyanko and Co. strangled the Revolution or beginning the uprising. There was no middle course! To vacillate was to lose. "AII in favor of Lenin's proposal." "AII in favor of Lenin's proposal." The party set up headquarters for the uprising. THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARYCOMMITTEE OCTOBER 24th After four months in the underground, Lenin was in the Smolny. Map of Petrograd and suburbs. The Palace Square... The Winter Palace... On the eve of October 25th Lenin took over the direction of the uprising. An appeal was drafted. "TO THE CITIZENS OF RUSSIA" The Provisional Government has been deposed! State power has passed into the hands of the... Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldier's Deputies. October 25th, 1917, 10 a.m. In reply to the appeal... from the workers' districts to the Smolny... CLASS SUPERVISOR THE MENSHEVIKFACTION The Mensheviks. The Commissars! "To the telegraph office!" "To the telephone exchange!" "Man your posts!" The morning of October 25th. On orders from the Committee and according to the plan, the cruiser "AURORA" sailed up the Neva River. AURORA Again the bridges were raised and the workers' districts were cut off from the center. The bridges fell into the hands of the workers. "The sailors are coming !" A Cossack regiment. "This is the Minister of War." "Where are the Cossacks?" "They're saddling their mounts." Neutrality. TO THE CITIZENS OF RUSSIA "Quickly, to the front so that we can return at the head of our loyal troops and crush the Bolsheviks!" "Gentlemen !..." The cadets marched to the aid of the deposed government. "Help is on the way!" The Women's Death Battalion. "To the last drop of blood!" The billiard table of Nicolas II. Barricades of the counter-revolutionaries. The delegates of the Second Congress of Soviets assembled. Delegates of the Menshevik Party - Room 16. Delegates of the S.R. Party Room 20. Delegates from the front. From the East. From Kronstadt. From the Ukraine. From Siberia. The Provisional Government had lost power, but continued to exist. Its Leader. Its Members. They drafted an appeal to the people. "...The Constituent Assembly is the only lawful government in Russia." That night at the Smolny the Menshevik S.R. Central Executive Committee opened the session of Congress. "Comrades." "There is but one question on our agenda." "That question is... who shall be in power?" "The Provisional Government is the only lawful government." THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARYCOMMITTEE But the people decided otherwise. The Russian Capitol was in the hands of the revolutionary workers and soldiers. AURORA The Winter Palace... The Palace Square. "The ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Внутренний космос на английском - текст Пастораль на английском - текст Карлсон вернулся на английском - текст Покаяние на английском - текст Винни-Пух и день забот на английском |