In November 1917, upon learning of the uprising happening in Petrograd, Moscow’s Bolsheviks also began their uprising. On November 15, 1917, after heavy fighting, Soviet power was established in Moscow. Fearing possible foreign invasion, Lenin moved the capital from Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) back to Moscow on March 12, 1918.
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