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Bloody Sunday
Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in St Petersburg. -
General Workers Strike
General Strike sweeps Russia which ends when the Tsar promises a constitution. -
Moscow Soviet Insurrection
In response to the suppression of the St Petersburg Soviet the Moscow Soviet organises a disastrous insurrection that the government suppresses after five days -
The Duma
The promised parliament, the Duma, is dissolved when it produces an anti government majority even though elected on a narrow franchise. -
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Contiunal Workers Unrest
Continual unrest abated by the break out of World War I. -
Troops open fire
After several days of demonstrations in Petrograd (formally St Petersburg) the government orders troops to open fire. The next day these troops mutiny. The Tsar abdicates when he hears that Moscow too has joined the Revolution. An agreement is reached between the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government headed by Lvov.
