Military Revolutionary Committee
군사혁명위원회
Armed insurrection and provisional power organs created by the Bolsheviks under the soviets from October 1917 to March 1918. The first was established by the Petrograd Soviet on 25 October (12 October O.S.) 1917 on Trotsky's proposal; under the cover of defending the capital, it dispatched commissars to garrison units and functioned as the operational headquarters of the armed uprising. After the October insurrection, over forty MRCs were formed nationwide to lead the establishment of Soviet power, and they were dissolved as regular state organs such as the Sovnarkom took over.
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- Wikipedia (EN) English Wikipedia: overview of MRCs as Bolshevik military organs under soviets, their creation, levels, and role as provisional extraordinary organs from October 1917 to March 1918
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia: detailed account of Petrograd MRC creation on 16(29) October 1917, Trotsky's role, bureau composition, commissar appointments, and the committee's December 5(18) dissolution
- hrono.info Hrono (Russian historical reference): MRCs as Bolshevik combat organs created under Soviets for preparation and conduct of the October Revolution, listing specific MRCs by region with chairmen and dates; Petrograd MRC created 12(25) October 1917, over 40 MRCs operating by the time of the uprising
- soviethistory.msu.edu Seventeen Moments in Soviet History (Michigan State University): primary source from Izvestiia, 23 October 1917, recording the Petrograd Soviet executive committee debate and resolution to form a committee of revolutionary defense