Postacrd from the Soviet Union with inlay. The front of the postcard says:”Glory October”. The text on the inlay reads:”I ask you to accept my heartfelt congratulations on the anniversary of Great October and wishes of good health, prosperity to the family and further fruitful success in work for the benefit of the socialist motherland”. To commemorate the October Revolution. Made in 1980.
The October Revolution was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin. It followed and capitalized on the February Revolution of the same year, which overthrew the Tsarist autocracy and resulted in a provisional government.
As the October Revolution was not universally recognized, there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–22) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The Bolsheviks would become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stalin was one of the militairy leaders of the Bolsheviks and took control over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death in 1924.