On the eve of the October Revolution (1917)

Headline of the newspaper "Rech".

Distribution of weapons to Red Guard soldiers, view of a part of a factory rally.

A warship of the German fleet in the Baltic Sea.

View of the cruiser "Aurora".

The name of the cruiser on board.

The barrel of the gun of the "Aurora" is lowered.

A sentry on the bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Guns of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

View of the fortress.

View of Palace Square in October 1917, stacks of firewood near the Winter Palace, cadets in formation on the square (panorama).

Cadets and officers on Palace Square, building barricades from firewood.

Pickets of cadets on Palace Square, passers-by on the square (panorama).

Damage and traces of shrapnel on the openwork metal grating after the shelling of the Winter Palace.

One of the windows of the Winter Palace, broken as a result of the shelling.

Cadets on Palace Square.

Junkers' pickets on Palace Square, passers-by (panorama).

View of Palace Square before the October events, junkers in formation on the square, cabbies passing by (panorama).

Junkers building a barricade of firewood in front of the Winter Palace.

Fence fragments and construction waste in front of the Winter Palace.

View of part of Theatre Square in Moscow in the summer of 1917. Soldiers at the gates.

Trucks with soldiers of the 5th Army, who arrived to restore order in Petrograd in July 1917, drive away from the gates of the Winter Palace.

Unloading firewood from a tram platform at the corner of Alexander Park and Palace Square in October 1917.

Unloading firewood in Petrograd from a tram platform at the corner of Alexander Park and Palace Square in October 1917. Unloading tram platforms with firewood opposite the Alexander Column on Palace Square.