He was an advocate of Russia's withdrawal from the war. On 24 October, in solidarity with the Minister of War A. I. Verkhovsky, also an early supporter of an early peace, Verderevsky drafted his resignation, but had not submitted it by the time the October Revolution broke out. On 26 October 1917 he was arrested by the Bolsheviks in the Winter Palace, together with other members of the Provisional Government. The next day, was released on parole. He provided technical guidance on operational fleet actions to defend the country.