On October 25, 1917, Red forces took control of power stations, telegraph, and media infrastructure in the capital.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources state that on 24-25 October 1917 (Old Style, 25 October) Red Guard and Military Revolutionary Committee forces seized Petrograd's key stations, telegraph and power facilities, which matches the claim's core. No source addresses media infrastructure specifically, but nothing contradicts it, and the claim's date falls on the 25th as stated in the post, which the sources support.
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… There was only a handful of Bolsheviks in the capital, but the government had absolutely nothing there. So, on October 24th, 25th, a regiment or so of Red forces took all the key infrastructure: power stations, telegraph, and the media. So, on the 25th, uh, the provisional government was officially deposed. Um, so he triumphs only because of foreign money and violence. Uhm, he then created the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, which eventually, in 1937, became the Supreme. …
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Supports. The MIT primary paper states that on October 25 the Red Guard, under the Petrograd Soviet, seized key positions and took over several principal stations and services in Petrograd.[1]
Supports. The ussrborn article says that early on 25 October (Old Style) armed workers occupied key points including railway stations, the telephone exchange, the telegraph, the State Bank and power stations.[2]
Supports. The ENRS article states that on 25 October the Red Guards took control of all major government facilities, including railway stations and the post and telegraph, with little opposition.[3]
Supports. Encyclopedic and course summaries describe the night of 24-25 October seizures of telegraph, stations and power plants in Petrograd, consistent with the claimed infrastructure takeover.[4][5]
Context. None of the sources mention media or press infrastructure being seized, so that element of the claim is not addressed; it is not contradicted.
Context. The sources place the seizures on the night of 24-25 October, with 25 October as the main day, so the claim's single date is a reasonable simplification of the post's wording.[1][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1LaGrandier, Bolsheviks Seize Power - MITweb.mit.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2The October Revolution of 1917 — how the Bolsheviks took power ...ussrborn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3The October Revolution | ENRSenrs.eu · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4October Revolution: map, causes and summarymapsofhistory.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5A-Level History (AQA) – October/November 1917 Revolution ...cognito.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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