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Duma Dissolved
Only lasting 73 days before it was dissolved by Tsar Nicholas II. -
Progressive Bloc forms
The Progressive Bloc's program included demands for political and religious Amnesty, freedom of culture and nationalities, and freedom of trade unions. -
Czar Nicholas II Abdicates
He was forced to abdicate and was held with his family in the Czarskoye Selo palace. -
Putilov Strike of 1917
Over 500,000 workers go on strike and protest at the Putilov Mill in Petrograd. They wanted higher wages. This is what sparked the February Revolution. -
February Revolution
The first out of the two revolutions that took place in 1917. -
Order No.1 issued
First official decree of The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. -
Lenin Returns to Russia
Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile. -
Lenin Issued his April Theses
A series of ten directives announced by Lenin once he returned to Petrograd. -
First Coalition Government Formed
Its composition was announced in the press the next morning. It was formed from the result of the April Crisis which was resolved thanks to the Petrograd Soviet. -
Kerensky becomes Prime Minister
Kerensky succeeded Prince Lvov as Russia's Prime Minister. -
Russia declared a Republic
Russia was declared a democratic federal republic.For the first time, the unitary structure of Russia was officially abolished and the country was declared a federation, marking the start of the federalist period in Russian history.
