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Nov 24, 2009 · On March 8, 1917, demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now known as St. Petersburg). Supported by 90,000 men and women on strike, the...
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On November 7, 1917, a coup d'état went down in history as the October Revolution. The interim government was toppled, the Soviets seized power, and Russia later terminated the Triple Entente military alliance with France and Britain. For Russia, it was effectively the end of the war.
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- The February 1917 Revolution. Although many wanted a revolution, no one expected it to happen when it did and how it did. On Thursday, February 23, 1917, women workers in Petrograd left their factories and entered the streets to protest.
- Provisional Government vs. The Petrograd Soviet. Two contending groups emerged out of the chaos to claim leadership of Russia. The first was made up of former Duma members and the second was the Petrograd Soviet.
- Lenin Returns From Exile. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks, was living in exile when the February Revolution transformed Russia. Once the Provisional Government allowed back political exiles, Lenin boarded a train in Zurich, Switzerland and headed home.
- The October 1917 Russian Revolution. By September 1917, Lenin believed the Russian people were ready for another revolution. However, other Bolshevik leaders were not yet quite convinced.
This practice of paying court to the army remained the settled policy of the leaders of the soviet until the outbreak of the Bolshevik revolt in November 1917, when Leon Trotsky gained unconditional allegiance of the Petrograd garrison by championing its claim to remain idle in the capital.
Russian Revolution, October 1917. The storming of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg (Petrograd) as depicted in a later picture. Global Look Press. The event looked more like a changing of the...
Nov 5, 2009 · On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution.
Mar 8, 2012 · On March 8, 1917, Russia’s February Revolution (so named because of the Julian calendar that Russians still used at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg (Petrograd).
