Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet

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military organization organ of the Petrograd Soviet revolutionary committee

The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was the Bolshevik-led body that directed and coordinated the armed seizure of power in Petrograd during the October Revolution of 1917.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
MRC of the Petrograd Soviet	1
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet canonical	1
Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee	1
Petrograd Soviet Military Department	1
Petrograd Soviet Military Revolutionary Committee	1
VRK of the Petrograd Soviet	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2343144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
Context triple: [Storming of the Winter Palace, organizedBy, Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet]

A. Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.
B. Leningrad City Soviet
The Leningrad City Soviet was the main local governing council of Leningrad during the Soviet era, responsible for municipal administration and political oversight.
C. State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
D. Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
E. Council of the Revolution
The Council of the Revolution was the governing military-political body that led Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
Target entity description: The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet was the Bolshevik-led body that directed and coordinated the armed seizure of power in Petrograd during the October Revolution of 1917.

A. Petrograd Soviet
The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.
B. Leningrad City Soviet
The Leningrad City Soviet was the main local governing council of Leningrad during the Soviet era, responsible for municipal administration and political oversight.
C. State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR
The State Committee on the State of Emergency in the USSR was a group of hardline Soviet officials who attempted to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev and halt his reforms during the failed August 1991 coup.
D. Council of People's Commissars
The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.
E. Council of the Revolution
The Council of the Revolution was the governing military-political body that led Portugal’s transition from dictatorship to democracy following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ organ of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ revolutionary committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MRC of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ linked to: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee ⓘ linked to: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet VRK of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ linked to: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
appliesToJurisdiction	Petrograd ⓘ linked to: Leningrad
chairperson	Leon Trotsky ⓘ
commanded	Red Guards ⓘ revolutionary sailors ⓘ revolutionary soldiers ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ Russian Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian Provisional Government
dissolved	1918 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	revolutionary military planning ⓘ
followedBy	Petrograd Soviet Military Department ⓘ linked to: Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
foundedBy	Bolsheviks ⓘ linked to: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of revolutionary forces ⓘ directing armed seizure of power in Petrograd ⓘ organization of the uprising against the Provisional Government ⓘ
historicalRegion	Russian Empire ⓘ
ideology	Marxism ⓘ communism ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ
inception	October 1917 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
location	Petrograd ⓘ linked to: Leningrad Smolny Institute ⓘ
member	Felix Dzerzhinsky ⓘ Iosif Unshlikht ⓘ Mikhail Lashevich ⓘ Nikolai Podvoisky ⓘ Pavel Dybenko ⓘ Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko ⓘ Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich ⓘ
opposed	Alexander Kerensky ⓘ Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
partOf	Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia ⓘ Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Bolsheviks ⓘ linked to: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
purpose	defense of Petrograd Revolution ⓘ preparation of armed uprising ⓘ
significantAction	arrest of members of the Provisional Government ⓘ issuance of revolutionary orders to garrisons ⓘ seizure of the Winter Palace ⓘ
significantEvent	October Revolution ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution
timePeriod	Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Storming of the Winter Palace → organizedBy → Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ

Petrograd garrison → commandStructure → Petrograd Soviet Military Revolutionary Committee ⓘ