Module 03: 1917 — Did the War Cause a Revolution?

Evidence 38: Photograph of Red Guards Marching to Smolny

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Introduction

In the following photograph, troops loyal to the Bolsheviks march to the Smolny Institute, a girls' school which served as the Bolshevik headquarters during the seizure of power in October 1917.

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Source:
Albert Rhys Williams, Through the Russian Revolution (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921), 105.

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