This refers to the Bolshevik Revolution, where the Communist Party, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government.
Imagine a game of chess where pawns (workers) led by a knight (Lenin), successfully checkmate the king (Russian government). That's what happened in Russia in 1917.
Soviet Union: A federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital.
Red Terror: A period of political repression and mass killings carried out by Bolsheviks after the beginning of Russian Civil War in 1918.
Joseph Stalin: The successor of Lenin who ruled Soviet Union from mid-1920s until his death in 1953. He implemented policies of rapid industrialization and collectivization leading to significant changes in Soviet society and economy.
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