During November 6 (October 24), 1917, V.I. Lenin was in a safe house on the Vyborg side; He repeatedly sent notes through the landlady M. V. Popanova to the Vyborg Party Committee, twice asking for permission from the Central Committee to come to Smolny. In the evening Lenin again sent M.V. Popanova to the Vyborg Committee with a "letter to the members of the Central Committee", in which he called to overthrow the provisional government and seize power tonight or during the night, and stated that "a delay in the rebellion is tantamount to death". Late in the evening, Lenin, together with Central Committee liaison Aino Raha, went to Smolny on his own, without waiting for a summons, and left Lm. and. Popanova noted: "I went where you didn't want me to go. goodbye Ilyich". V.I. Lenin took direct leadership of the armed rebellion, which led to the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. source.

During November 6 (October 24), 1917, V.I. Lenin was in a safe house on the Vyborg side; He repeatedly sent notes through the landlady M. V. Popanova to the Vyborg Party Committee, twice asking for permission from the Central Committee to come to Smolny. In the evening Lenin again sent M.V. Popanova to the Vyborg Committee with a "letter to the members of the Central Committee", in which he called to overthrow the provisional government and seize power tonight or during the night, and stated that "a delay in the rebellion is tantamount to death". Late in the evening, Lenin, together with Central Committee liaison Aino Raha, went to Smolny on his own, without waiting for a summons, and left Lm. and. Popanova noted: "I went where you didn't want me to go. goodbye Ilyich". V.I. Lenin took direct leadership of the armed rebellion, which led to the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the establishment of Soviet power. source.