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The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution [a] and sometimes as the March Revolution or February Coup [3] [4] [b] was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. The main events of the revolution took place in ...
1917: 22–23 February: February Revolution: The workers at the Putilov Plant in Petrograd went on strike, demanding the end of the Russian autocracy and the end of Russian participation in World War I. 25 February: February Revolution: A battalion of soldiers was sent to Petrograd to end the uprising. 26 February
1917–1927: Location: Soviet Russia → Soviet Union: Including: February Revolution Revolutions of 1917–1923: Leader(s) Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin: Prime Minister(s) Mikhail Kalinin: Key events: October Revolution Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics New Economic Policy
1917 (United States) Thomas Mooney sentenced to death for his participation in the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916. [31] 1917 (United States) East St. Louis Race Riot occurred. [31] 15 March 1917 (United States) The Supreme Court approved the Eight-Hour Act under the threat of a national railway strike.
The Russian Revolution was inaugurated with the February Revolution in early 1917, in the midst of World War I. With the German Empire dealing major defeats on the war front, and increasing logistical problems in the rear causing shortages of bread and grain, the Russian Army was steadily losing morale, with large scale mutiny looming. [ 1 ]
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(N.S.) (February 23, O.S.) – The February Revolution begins: Women calling for bread in Petrograd create riots, which spread throughout the city. March 12 – The Duma declares a Provisional Government. March 15 (N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his and his son's claims.
The majority of the businesses in Petrograd had been closed, ceasing mobilization and daily operations within the city. The strikes, though spontaneous and popular among the citizens, came to a halt on March 4. This series of economic and political strikes lasting from February 22 until March 4, 1917, became known as the February Revolution.