... terms of legitimacy for the Bolsheviks. He was successful in persuading the Committee to carry out an armed force takeover, which was then put in the hands of Leon Trotsky. As for military strategy, Trotsky,who had a very strong organisational hold in the Military Revolutionary Committee and controlled the Red Guard, was instrumental in executing an almost bloodless takeover of power. On 24 ... October, under the control of Trotsky, the MRC and Red Guard was suddenly to occupy key areas of Petrograd and arrest most the Provisional Government in Winter Palace, leaving members of Provisio...

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