Question: what was the outcome of the bolshevik revolution
Answer: October Revolution Part of the Russian Revolution , Revolutions of 1917 -- 23 Red Guards at Vulkan factory in 1917 Date 7 November , ( 25 October , OS ) 1917 Location Petrograd , Russian Republic Result Bolshevik victory End of Russian Provisional Government , Russian Republic and dual power Creation of Soviet Russia The Second All - Russian Congress of Soviets becomes the supreme governing body Beginning of the Russian Civil War Belligerents Bolshevik Party Red Guards Russian Provisional Government Commanders and leaders Vladimir Lenin Leon Trotsky Pavel Dybenko Alexander Kerensky Pyotr Krasnov Strength 10,000 red sailors , 20,000 -- 30,000 red guard soldiers 500 -- 1,000 volunteer soldiers , 1,000 soldiers of women 's battalion Casualties and losses Few wounded red guard soldiers All imprisoned or deserted