Talk:Russian Revolution

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Russian Revolution article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the subject of the article.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2Auto-archiving period: 6 months

Discussions on this page have often led to previous arguments being restated. Please read recent comments and look in the archives before commenting.

	Russian Revolution is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.
Article milestones Date Process Result May 21, 2021 Featured article candidate Not promoted
	Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 7, 2007, and November 7, 2008.

This  level-4 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to multiple WikiProjects.

Socialism Top‑importance Socialism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Socialism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of socialism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. Soviet Union: Russia / History / Military Top‑importance Soviet Union portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Soviet Union, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. Russia portal This article is supported by WikiProject Russia (assessed as Top-importance). This article is supported by the history of Russia task force. This article is supported by the Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force. Military history: Russian & Soviet / World War I C‑class This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions. C This article has been rated as C-class on the project's quality scale. This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status: Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met Associated task forces: /  Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force World War I task force European history High‑importance Europe portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject European history, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the history of Europe on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Politics High‑importance Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Warning: active arbitration remedies The contentious topics procedure applies to this article. This article relates to the Balkans or Eastern Europe, a contentious topic. The following restrictions apply to everyone editing this article: This page is protected. You must be logged-in to an autoconfirmed or confirmed account (usually granted automatically to accounts with 10 edits and an age of 4 days) Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page. Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator.

	Other talk page banners
This article was reviewed by The Independent on February 12, 2006. Comments: "reads like the work of a second-rate undergraduate student... It is a simplistic account" For more information about external reviews of Wikipedia articles and about this review in particular, see this page.

Renaming "St. Petersburg" to "Petrograd"

The capital was renamed to Petrograd in 1914 and maintained this name until being renamed Leningrad in 1924. The original name of Saint Petersburg wasn't restored until 1991. Surely "Petrograd" should therefore be used? Matthewr140 (talk) 09:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence needs more context, add year

In the "February Revolution" section, the first sentence is

> At the beginning of February, Petrograd workers began several strikes and demonstrations.

I had to check to make sure that this was February 1917.

Could somebody edit the sentence to say

> At the beginning of February 1917

instead?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.11.150.168 (talk) 16:06, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speculation and missing sources?

In the third paragraph of the text about the October Revolution, I'm missing sources. Furthermore, it also seems like speculation on potential results for the left SR is not appropriate here. Could someone add sources to this part or otherwise modify it to be more in line with Wikipedia standards? PottedPlantUnleashed (talk) 08:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On the murder of the imperial family

Is it possible to add that not only Lenin's direct order has never been confirmed, there is also no evidence that it ever happened based on extensive archival investigation by the (anticommunist) Russian Government?

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8264321/No-proof-Lenin-ordered-last-Tsars-murder.html

in the Murder of the Romanov family page on wikipedia, we have direct mention to the investigation, maybe we could adapt the text to be more like it:

"A 2011 investigation concluded that, despite the opening of state archives in the post-Soviet years, no written document has been found which proves Lenin or Sverdlov ordered the executions. However, they endorsed the killings after they occurred." see in: Murder of the Romanov family SambaReal (talk) 15:17, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not, if for the sole reason that this article is about a social revolution – where, for all relevant political agents and participants, the former royal family became profoundly irrelevant almost instantly following 2 March 1917. Remsense 🌈 论 15:28, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. It's just that I still see a lot of sources mentioning "Lenin's order to take out the Royal family". Being a collective and known wiki, I thought that would be an interesting addition to make clear that there are no evidences SambaReal (talk) 16:35, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]