Storming of the Winter Palace

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coup d’état historical event military assault

The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
storming of the Winter Palace	2
1917 storming of the Winter Palace (symbolic event)	1
Assault on the Winter Palace	1
Storming of the Winter Palace canonical	1
Штурм Зимнего дворца	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T345066 — 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: Storming of the Winter Palace
Context triple: [Palace Square, significantEvent, Storming of the Winter Palace]

A. Kronstadt rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion was a 1921 uprising by Soviet sailors, soldiers, and civilians against Bolshevik rule, symbolizing early resistance to the emerging Soviet authoritarian regime.
B. Decembrist revolt
The Decembrist revolt was an 1825 uprising by Russian army officers and nobles seeking constitutional reform and an end to autocratic rule in the Russian Empire.
C. 1905 Russian Revolution
The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest across the Russian Empire that included worker strikes, peasant uprisings, and military mutinies, ultimately forcing Tsar Nicholas II to concede limited constitutional reforms.
D. Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Storming of the Tuileries Palace was a pivotal insurrection on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution, in which revolutionaries overran the royal residence in Paris and effectively ended King Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy.
E. May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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: Storming of the Winter Palace
Target entity description: The Storming of the Winter Palace was the key Bolshevik assault in Petrograd on October 25–26, 1917 (Julian calendar), which toppled the Provisional Government and marked the decisive seizure of power in the Russian October Revolution.

A. Kronstadt rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion was a 1921 uprising by Soviet sailors, soldiers, and civilians against Bolshevik rule, symbolizing early resistance to the emerging Soviet authoritarian regime.
B. Decembrist revolt
The Decembrist revolt was an 1825 uprising by Russian army officers and nobles seeking constitutional reform and an end to autocratic rule in the Russian Empire.
C. 1905 Russian Revolution
The 1905 Russian Revolution was a wave of mass political and social unrest across the Russian Empire that included worker strikes, peasant uprisings, and military mutinies, ultimately forcing Tsar Nicholas II to concede limited constitutional reforms.
D. Storming of the Tuileries Palace
The Storming of the Tuileries Palace was a pivotal insurrection on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution, in which revolutionaries overran the royal residence in Paris and effectively ended King Louis XVI’s constitutional monarchy.
E. May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d’état ⓘ historical event ⓘ military assault ⓘ
aim	seizure of state power by the Bolsheviks ⓘ transfer of power to the Soviets ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Assault on the Winter Palace ⓘ linked to: Storming of the Winter Palace
chronologicalContext	World War I ⓘ collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
commandedBy	Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko ⓘ
country	Russian Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian Provisional Government
date	25 October 1917 (Julian calendar) ⓘ 26 October 1917 (Julian calendar) ⓘ 7 November 1917 (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ
dateRange	25–26 October 1917 (Julian calendar) ⓘ
depictedIn	October: Ten Days That Shook the World ⓘ Soviet revolutionary propaganda ⓘ
followedBy	Russian Civil War ⓘ dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
hasCause	Bolshevik opposition to the Provisional Government ⓘ continuation of Russia’s participation in World War I ⓘ social and economic crisis in 1917 Russia ⓘ
hasLocation	Petrograd ⓘ linked to: Leningrad Russia ⓘ Winter Palace ⓘ
hasParticipant	Bolsheviks ⓘ linked to: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) Petrograd garrison ⓘ Red Guards ⓘ Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
opposedBy	cadet officers ⓘ forces loyal to the Provisional Government ⓘ women’s battalion ⓘ
organizedBy	Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
partOf	October Revolution ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution
precededBy	July Days ⓘ Kornilov affair ⓘ linked to: Kornilov Affair
relatedTo	February Revolution ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution
result	Bolshevik seizure of power in Petrograd ⓘ arrest of members of the Provisional Government ⓘ establishment of Bolshevik control over the capital ⓘ overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
RussianName	Штурм Зимнего дворца ⓘ linked to: Storming of the Winter Palace
significance	decisive event of the October Revolution ⓘ symbolic beginning of Soviet rule ⓘ
supportedBy	Kronstadt sailors ⓘ linked to: Kronstadt rebellion workers’ Red Guards ⓘ linked to: Red Guards

How these facts were elicited