The Volinsky infantry regiment, the first to enter the battlefield (February 1917). (Source: VNA File Photo) 
The naval forces from Kronstadt headed to Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) to fight the Russian Provisional Government, which was heavily dominated by capitalists and aristocracy (August 1917). (Source: VNA File Photo) 
Revolutionary forces in Petrograd in 1917. (Source: VNA File Photo) 
On the evening of November 6, 1917, the attack into the Winter Palace began. (Source: VNA File Photo) 
Vladimir Lenin and revolutionary soldiers inside the Smolny Palace on November 6, 1917. (Source: VNA File Photo) 
The Katyusha multiple rocket launcher, a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. (Source: VNA File Photo) 
On the evening of November 6 and early November 7, 1917, revolutionary forces entered the Winter Palace in Petrograd, arresting minister of the then Government. (Source: VNA File Photo) 
On the evening of November 7, 1917, the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets was held, establishing the Soviet government, headed by Vladimir Lenin. (Source: VNA File Photo) VNA
