MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · November 7
THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 7
November 7 in history
1917 — October Revolution
7 Nov 1917 — Lenin’s Bolsheviks seize the Winter Palace almost bloodlessly, on the promise of “peace, land, bread.” Russia sues for armistice within weeks — watch this map turn revolution-red and the Eastern Front dissolve.
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