Military cadets and a battalion of women are all that are left of troops guarding the Winter Palace. Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets convenes at the Smolny Institute. Menshevik and SR delegates denounce the Bolshevik coup. Election of new central committee in which the Bolsheviks defeat the Menshevik-SR list. Storming of Winter Palace.
Armistice is declared and the private ownership of land is abolished.
Bolsheviks become the Communist Party.