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Зимний дворец - октябрь 1917 года / The Winter Palace - October 1917

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2018 · Travel & Events

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Фотографии комнат Зимнего дворца после штурма в ночь 
с 25 на 26 октября 1917 года

Photographs of the rooms of the Winter Palace after the assault on the night of 25 to 26 October 1917

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From the "Polyphonic Tango" by A. Schnittke

The assault on the Winter Palace on the night of October 25-26, 1917, is, in Soviet historiography, one of the key elements of the October Revolution.  
The Palace was the residence of the Provisional Government and as a result of the assault, members of the government were arrested and the Provisional Government fell.  The assault was carried out without significant hostilities, but under the threat of the use of force of arms....
After the capture of the Winter Palace, elements of the storming proceeded to ransack and rob ".... for several days these elements were allowed to roam the rooms they stole and carried with them table silver, watches, bedding, mirrors, porcelain vases and stones of average value ”- portraits had their eyes pierced, leather seats were cut from the chairs, oak boxes with precious porcelain were pierced with bayonets, valuable icons, books, miniatures, etc. were strewn across the floor of the palace.....

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