Lenin haranguing deputies of the 2nd Soviet Congress, Smolny Palace, St Petersburg, 1917. Artist: Unknown

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Lenin haranguing deputies of the 2nd Soviet Congress, Smolny Palace, St Petersburg, 1917. This meeting on 26 October 1917, the day after the storming of the Winter Palace, saw the establishment of the Bolshevik-dominated Soviet government, with Lenin (1870-1924) as chairman.

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