Which of the following accurately characterizes the October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution?
A) The Bolshevik Revolution was an overthrow of the Russian monarchy.
B) The Bolshevik Revolution was an attempt by military and political elites to restore order.
C) The Bolshevik Revolution was proclaimed by socialists in order to overtake the earlier "bourgeois" revolution.
D) The Bolshevik Revolution was initiated by the Ottomans in order to pull Russia out of World War I.

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The Bolshevik Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party, was indeed a socialist revolution aimed at overtaking the provisional government that had been established after the February Revolution of the same year, which had overthrown the monarchy. This earlier revolution was seen as "bourgeois" because it resulted in a government that was still fundamentally capitalist and not in the hands of the workers or peasants.

Which of the Following Accurately Characterizes the October 1917 Bolshevik