Editing October Revolution (section)

=== German support ===
{{See also|April Crisis}}
Vladimir Lenin, who had been living in exile in Switzerland, with other dissidents organized a plan to negotiate a passage for them through Germany, with whom Russia was then at war. Recognizing that these dissidents could cause problems for their Russian enemies, the German government agreed to permit 32 Russian citizens, among them Lenin and his wife, to travel in a [[sealed train]] carriage through their territory.

Upon his arrival in Petrograd on 3 April 1917, Lenin issued his [[April Theses]] that called on the [[Bolsheviks]] to take over the Provisional Government, usurp power, and end the war.