In numbers

10,500,000

Number of deaths during Russian Civil War (2.5 million military, 8 million civilian)

4 hours

Time it took to subdue the Winter Palace and arrest the government

30 minutes

Time it took to execute the Romanov family and their attendants

24%

Percentage of the votes won by Bolsheviks in the 1917 General Election

25 millon

Number of people killed during Stalin’s leadership

7

Number of groups that made up the Russian Provisional Government

0.8 kilograms

of bread ration per person in 1917, versus 1.25 kilograms in 1916