The October Revolution, officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution under the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Coup, the Bolshevik Revolution, the October Uprising, the October Coup or Red October, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 19171923. It was the second revolutionary change of government in Russia in 1917. It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd on 7 November 1917. It was the precipitating event of the Russian Civil War.
The Bolsheviks tried shooting members of the royal family. But the bullets would not penetrate since they had sewn all of their jewelry into their clothing. So they were shot in the head. ;)