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The February Revolution: The Beginning
Stemming from turmoil created by WWI, strikes, demonstrations and mutinies erupt in Petrograd. The revolution begins with a strike led by women textile workers marching for International Women's Day and protesting against food shortages. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution -
The February Revolution: Continued
Following the women, hundreds of thousands of Petrograd workers, students, and many others join the strkers and demand Russia exits from WWI and that the Czar abdicate the throne. Government troops are ordered to open fire on the protesters and hundreds are killed and arrested. Shortly following, the troops defect and join the revolution. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution -
The February Revolution: Aftermath
The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Solders' Deputies is founded on February 27. On March 1 they issue Order No. 1 which states that the Russian armed forces are to exclusively obey orders that have been approved by the Soviet. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrograd_Soviet -
Provisional Government Created
The provisional Committee of the Duma forms the Provisional Government and Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov becomes first prime minister and minister of the interior. The Petrograd Soviet pledges loyalty to the Provisional Government. Nicholas II abdicates in favor of his brother who declines a few days later. -
Lenin Returns
Lenin returns to Petrograd from Switzerland after being thrown out of the country in 1900. Photo: http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/zhivago/lenin.html -
July Days
Soldiers and industrial workers begin spontaneous demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government. Demonstrators ask for the Soviet to replace the Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks attempt to turn the protests into a coup causing military forces to attack the peaceful demonstrations. Hundreds are killed and Lenin is forced into hiding. On July 7th, Lvov resigns as prime minister and Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky replaces him. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Days -
Bolshevik Central Committee meets
After returning to Petrograd, Lenin attends the Bolshevik Central Committee meeting where he debates for 10 hours and finally convinces his comrades that to seize power through an armed insurrection. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks -
October Revolution: The Beginning
Second stage of the revoluton of 1917 begins. Troops of the Military Revolutionary Committee surround the Winter Palace while the Provisional Government is in session. Government buildings are occupied without much resistance and the Provisional Government is overthrown. Photo: http://www.britannica.com/event/Russian-Revolution-of-1917/images-videos/Demonstrators-gathering-in-front-of-the-Winter-Palace-in-Petrograd/94162 -
October Revolution: Continued
The Bolsheviks occupty strategic pointes in Petrograd. Throughout the day and into the next, government buildings are taken over. In the evening Lenin joins his comrades at the Smolny Institute, a school which was converted into the Soviet's headquarters. Photo: http://www.russianmemory.com/russianmemory.com/1917_Revolution_Board_Game/Smolny.jpg -
October Revolution: Aftermath
Lenin creates the Council of People's Commissars, the new Bolshevik government, and leads it himself. The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic is proclaimed. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic
