On July 17, 1918, Lenin and the Ural Soviet ordered the execution of Nicholas II, Alexandra, and their five children in Yekaterinburg.
Led by Leon Trotsky, the Red Guards (Bolshevik armed workers) stormed the Winter Palace, the seat of the Provisional Government. The resistance was minimal. Chapter 30 Section 1 Guided Reading Revolutions In Russia
In October, Lenin returned secretly and convinced a hesitant Bolshevik Central Committee to act. Leon Trotsky, the brilliant organizer of the Red Guards (Bolshevik militias), planned the coup. On July 17, 1918, Lenin and the Ural
Note: Russia used the old Julian calendar; Western history calls this the "March Revolution" because it occurred in March on the Western calendar. On July 17