On 9 November, in Petrograd area, General P.N. Krasnov's Cossack Squadron of the III Cavalry Corps, occupied Gatchina and Tsarskoe Selo. Savinkov escaped from the capitol, joining Krasnov's force at Gatchina on the 10th.
At Petrograd, Lenin and the Military Revolutionary Committee held power in the capital. The Soviets issued an appeal for support of the army. A Government of People's Commissars was formed, with Lenin as President, Trotsky as Commissar for Foreign Affairs, while Military and Naval Affairs were in the hands of a committee composed of Antonov, Krylenko and Dybenko.
At San Francisco, Russian Admiral Kolchak left for Vladivostok onboard the Japanese steamship Mario Maru, on his return to Russia.
On 10 November, at Petrograd, opening of the Second All-Russian Congress. The Bolsheviks formed a coalition administration with radical SR's and Left SR's. Red Guards seized control in Tver, a key industrial center. A Soviet decree allotted local supply work to municipalities, along with the right to requisition and confiscate any premises.
At Moscow, heavy fighting began throughout the city. Red Guards seized control on the 15th after heavy fighting.
At Kiev, Officer Cadets were able to defeat the local Red Military Revolutionary Committee, as the Bolsheviks attempted an uprising, the signal for which had been given by a Voisin aircraft with a large Red flag flown over the city. The Reds were driven from the city and made their way to Kharkov. Southwest Front army units began to dissolve themselves and head for home.
At Novocherkassk, arrival of General A.M. Kaledin at the capitol of the Don. He began efforts to form Don (White) military units to combat local Bolsheviks and Red Guards.
At Berlin, the Government approved the request of the Foreign Ministry to the Treasury for fifteen million marks for use on political propaganda in Russia. It was estimated that another 30-50 million gold marks were handed directly to the Bolshevik Foreign Ministry by the German Legation in Stockholm.
On 11 November, in Petrograd, Junkers (young officer-cadets) of the Military College and the Engineers Castle, provoked by false rumors of a Bolshevik collapse, left their academies and took over a few public buildings and the central telephone exchange. They were brutally massacred by Reds Guards. Red Guards ordered the Putilov Works to complete the building of armored trains and armored cars that were already under construction.
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