This gave the Military Revolutionary Committee de facto military control of the capital. 이로써 혁명군사위원회는 사실상 수도의 군사력을 통제하게 되었다.
The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, which was headed by Trotsky and charged with the defense of the capital against counterrevolution, was the mechanism for coordinating the seizure of power. 반혁명에 맞서 수도를 방어 임무를 띤, 트로츠키가 이끄는 페트로그라드 혁명군사위원회가 권력 장악을 위한 기구였다.
The insurrection of October 25 was only supplementary in character." —Lessons of October After Kerensky closed the Bolshevik press on 24 October, the Military Revolutionary Committee immediately reopened it: "The seals were torn from the building, the moulds again poured, and the work went on. 10월 25일의 봉기는 이미 보조적이었다."—『10월 혁명의 교훈』 10월 24일 케렌스키가 볼셰비키 언론을 봉쇄하자, 혁명군사위원회는 즉각 대응했다. "건물의 봉인은 즉시 찢겨졌고 식자판 제조를 위해 거푸집에 쇳물이 부어졌다.