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Provisional Government established
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July Days (Julian calendar)
A spontaneous pro-soviet demonstration occurred on the streets of Petrograd. The rebellion was put down. The Provisional Government ordered the arrest of Bolshevik leaders. ( -
Alexander Kerensky succeeded L'vov as Prime Minister
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Kornilov affair
General Lavr Kornilov ordered an army corps to Petrograd to destroy the soviets. The Provisional Government armed tens of thousands of Red Guards to defend Petrograd. Kornilov was arrested. -
October Revolution (end of PG)
Soldiers directed by the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet captured the Winter Palace, ending the power of the Russian Provisional Government. The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets convened. Menshevik and moderate SR representatives walked out to protest the October Revolution. The Congress established and elected the Sovnarkom, and Lenin its first chairman, to run the country between sessions.