First Anniversary of October (1918)

Description: First anniversary celebration in Petrograd, 1918, an informal affair featuring demonstrations, columns of marchers on the streets and squares of the city, and a military parade on Uritsky Square (former Palace Square). Marchers gather the famous Alexander Column, which avant-garde artist Natan Al'tman had converted into a mobile fabric torch.

Source: ##### Russian State Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (2000).

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth