 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Kerensky akatiza Petrograd uye ipapo Russia zvichitevera kubatwa kwesimba nemaBolsheviks muOctober Revolution, Dukhonin akava de facto Supreme Commander, kunyange zvazvo weuto rakanga richiparara nokukurumidza, uye pamusoro paro iye aiita kudzora kuduku zvikuru. Mukati mematanho apakuvamba okutora masimba kwavaBolshevikCouncil of Peoples Commissars yakarayira Dukhonin kuti agumise hondo uye kuvhura nhaurirano neCentral Powers. Lenin naKrylenko vakashanyira Dukhonin muPetrograd kuzokurukura nezvechisarudzo chokumisa hondo. Mhinduro yaDukhonin yakanga yakasimba: musi wa22 November akaramba zvakasimba murayiridzo weCouncil of Peoples Commissars. Akanga akurukura chiitiko chakadaro namakurukota anobva kuhurumende dzeEntente. Dukhonin akaudza Lenin kuti murayiro wakadaro waigona bedzi kupiwa nehurumende inotsigirwa neuto nenyika. 