Martin Antonenko
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October Myth!
The “great socialist October revolution” on the night of October 25th to 26th, 1917 (old Russian calendar) has become a myth.
Almost all of us know the famous film about it by Sergej Eisenstein, in which death-defying workers in the hail of bullets storm the seat of the Provisional Government - the Winter Palace in Petrograd - and sweep away the reactionary power!
None of this is true!
The “Great October Socialist Revolution” is a fictitious myth - it was nothing more than a bloodless coup!
The "Provisional Government" under Prime Minister Aleksandr Kerensky, which has been in power after the fall of the Tsar in March 1917 ...
... was severely weakened by military defeats, the very poor economic situation and internal political contradictions.
Power was in the street, so to speak - and Lenin's Bolsheviks decided on October 16 (according to our era!) to abolish it!
Lew Trotsky carried out the military preparations ...
... who relied in particular on the Petrograd Workers 'and Soldiers' Council. Lenin, who always dived when it smelled of powder, stayed in the background.
The cruiser "Awrora", ...
... in the hands of revolutionary sailors, was brought from Kronstadt to Petrograd.
In retrospect, to make this ship appear more powerful than it actually was, they only spoke of the "armored cruiser Awrora", which it wasn't. "Cruiser 2nd rank", which the ship was according to the usual Russian naval typology, didn't sound that important!
This would be like talking about the "armored cruiser S.M.S. Emden" ...!
On the night of November 7th to 8th, 1917 (our Era), by Trotsky and Yakow Sverdlov ...
... commanded workers' militias all strategically important points in the city of Petrograd (telegraph office, post office, armories, garrisons, etc.).
As this - completely bloodless and without firing a single shot! - the "Awrora" gun leader Jevdokim Ognew ...
... fires a "blind" (blank cartridge!) shot from the cruiser "Awrora" anchored on the Neva quay with the bow cannon ...:
This is the only shot that falls that night!
At this signal, workers' militias storm the Winter Palace, the seat of the Provisional Government.
There is no resistance at all!
Prime Minister Kerensky ...
... had previously been warned under the hand and had gone to the Swedish embassy.
The troops who are supposed to defend the Provisional Government, fearful military students ("Junker") ...
... and a cocky so-called women's "Death Batallion" ...
... had long since broken up or immediately laid down their guns and were sent home!
The women of the "Death Batallion" could not even lay down their arms - they had none! Because of increasing hysteria, the "fighters" had been disarmed by their own officers after dark ...
... who feared accidental accidents with firearms. Many of the "death-defying" women then went home - extremely relieved as one might assume!
The large gate with the iron grating that the revolutionaries storm in the 1927 film by Eisenstein did not lead to the inside of the palace, but to the horse stables and carriages! This way they wouldn't have come very far ...!
The main entrance is completely different, namely on the left corner of the facade!
In truth, not a single shot is fired!
The biggest problem for the attackers is to find their way around the huge palace.
Finally - more by chance - a troop led by the revolutionary Anton Antonov-Ovssejenko found ...
... shortly after midnight on November 8, 1917, in an adjoining room, the confused members of the Provisional Government sitting together and arresting them with a handful of his people ...:
That's it!
Not even the scheduled tram traffic in the capital was interrupted for a moment that night!
When the Petrograders, who have not noticed any of this, rub the sleep out of their eyes the next morning, the Bolsheviks are in power….
The “great socialist October revolution” on the night of October 25th to 26th, 1917 (old Russian calendar) has become a myth.
Almost all of us know the famous film about it by Sergej Eisenstein, in which death-defying workers in the hail of bullets storm the seat of the Provisional Government - the Winter Palace in Petrograd - and sweep away the reactionary power!
None of this is true!
The “Great October Socialist Revolution” is a fictitious myth - it was nothing more than a bloodless coup!
The "Provisional Government" under Prime Minister Aleksandr Kerensky, which has been in power after the fall of the Tsar in March 1917 ...
... was severely weakened by military defeats, the very poor economic situation and internal political contradictions.
Power was in the street, so to speak - and Lenin's Bolsheviks decided on October 16 (according to our era!) to abolish it!
Lew Trotsky carried out the military preparations ...
... who relied in particular on the Petrograd Workers 'and Soldiers' Council. Lenin, who always dived when it smelled of powder, stayed in the background.
The cruiser "Awrora", ...
... in the hands of revolutionary sailors, was brought from Kronstadt to Petrograd.
In retrospect, to make this ship appear more powerful than it actually was, they only spoke of the "armored cruiser Awrora", which it wasn't. "Cruiser 2nd rank", which the ship was according to the usual Russian naval typology, didn't sound that important!
This would be like talking about the "armored cruiser S.M.S. Emden" ...!
On the night of November 7th to 8th, 1917 (our Era), by Trotsky and Yakow Sverdlov ...
... commanded workers' militias all strategically important points in the city of Petrograd (telegraph office, post office, armories, garrisons, etc.).
As this - completely bloodless and without firing a single shot! - the "Awrora" gun leader Jevdokim Ognew ...
... fires a "blind" (blank cartridge!) shot from the cruiser "Awrora" anchored on the Neva quay with the bow cannon ...:
This is the only shot that falls that night!
At this signal, workers' militias storm the Winter Palace, the seat of the Provisional Government.
There is no resistance at all!
Prime Minister Kerensky ...
... had previously been warned under the hand and had gone to the Swedish embassy.
The troops who are supposed to defend the Provisional Government, fearful military students ("Junker") ...
... and a cocky so-called women's "Death Batallion" ...
... had long since broken up or immediately laid down their guns and were sent home!
The women of the "Death Batallion" could not even lay down their arms - they had none! Because of increasing hysteria, the "fighters" had been disarmed by their own officers after dark ...
... who feared accidental accidents with firearms. Many of the "death-defying" women then went home - extremely relieved as one might assume!
The large gate with the iron grating that the revolutionaries storm in the 1927 film by Eisenstein did not lead to the inside of the palace, but to the horse stables and carriages! This way they wouldn't have come very far ...!
The main entrance is completely different, namely on the left corner of the facade!
In truth, not a single shot is fired!
The biggest problem for the attackers is to find their way around the huge palace.
Finally - more by chance - a troop led by the revolutionary Anton Antonov-Ovssejenko found ...
... shortly after midnight on November 8, 1917, in an adjoining room, the confused members of the Provisional Government sitting together and arresting them with a handful of his people ...:
That's it!
Not even the scheduled tram traffic in the capital was interrupted for a moment that night!
When the Petrograders, who have not noticed any of this, rub the sleep out of their eyes the next morning, the Bolsheviks are in power….
