-
Locked Out Steel Workers
20,000 angry steel workers were locked out of their steel factory. Many workers in other factories went on strike to support the steel workers -
International Women's Day
50 factories closed down and 90,000 workers were on strike. Since it was International Women's Day, there were also thousands of socialist women demonstrating on the streets. -
Workers on Strike
200,000 workers were on strike. About one half of the industrial workers of Petrograd were on strike. The workers did not go to work but held meetings. -
More Workers on Strike
250,000 workers were on strike. There was no public transport and food shortages continued. There were troops that opened fire and people got killed and wounded. Cossacks refused to attack the strikers when they were ordered to do so. -
No More Meeting
The capital was going wild. The President of the Duma sent a telegram to the Tsar, saying that the country needed a new form of a government. But the Tsar ordered the Duma to stop meeting. -
Provisional Committee and Soviet
Duma held a meeting despite of the Tsar's order and set up a twelve-man committee called the Provisional Committee to take over the government. The revolutionaries set up a Soviet, of workers and soldiers in Petrograd. Petrograd Soviet also planned to take over the government. -
Late Propose
By sending a telegram to the Duma, Tsar Nicholas stated that he would share power with the Duma. But the Duma leader stood firm and did not change his mind. -
Abdication
Nicholas tried to return to Petrograd to take his control back. The revolutionaries halted his train and made him agree to give up his throne. Russia was now a republic.