Nicholas and Alexandra1971

[October Revolution. Bolsheviks make plans to capture infrastructure and government buildings. Kerensky and his staff are trapped inside their boardroom]

Alexander Kerensky:
They captured the police station? Exactly how powerful are the Bolsheviks?

Government Official:
Quite. We made a serious mistake in heeding our allies and continuing the war. The citizenry wanted out of this war. Lenin offered them peace.

Alexander Kerensky:
What would it require to smash them?

General Alexiev:
One battalion, sir. But I do not know if I have that many soldiers. At least not ones I can trust.

Russian Lieutenant:
Look out the window!

[Provisional Government peers out window to a nearby naval base where a cruiser is shining its lights directly on their building]

Russian Lieutenant:
The cruiser Aurora. And she has her guns aimed directly at us!