Proclamation from the Petrograd Revolutionary Committee, 27 October 1917

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Source: Marx Memorial Library (MML)
Reference: PHOTO_SUB_SOVIET_UNION_1917_REVOLUTION+CIVIL_WAR_PERIOD

Abridged Translation:

‘From the Petrograd Revolutionary Committee of Workers & Soldiers' Delegates. To All Russian Citizens. The provisional governments is no more. The Government Power has passed into the hands of the above committee, standing in command of the workers and garrison of Petrograd. The ends for which the people have struggled - 1.) The immediate conclusion of democratic peace - 2.) The abolition of private property in land. 3.) Workers control in industry. These are its immediate tasks. Long live the Revolution of Workers, Soldiers& Peasants. 27 October 1917 at 10.a.m (old style).’

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