October Revolution Of 1917. The germans hoped that the bolsheviks would undermine the russian war effort. The october revolution was actually the second russian revolution of 1917.
In march, revolutionaries led by the petrograd soviet, or council, violently overthrew czar nicholas ii, the monarch whose family had ruled russia for more than three centuries. See russian revolution russian revolution, violent upheaval in russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist government. Lenin did not have any direct role in the revolution and due to his personal security he was hiding.