February Revolution of 1917

The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war

The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war

The Bolsheviks call a strike in Petrograd to protest the 1915 arrest of their Duma members for opposing the war

The Councillor of State Mikhail Rodzianko meets with Tsar Nicholas II in Tsarskoye Selo, and warns him of massive upheavel throughout the country, Rodzianko insists that tumultuous events can be avoided by stregthening the Duma

The Duma opens in the halls of Taurida, Petrograd

The Tsarleaves Moscow for Mogliev, the security of Moscow is entrusted to Beliaev

Demonstrations pass off peacefully. Balk observes that the Cossacks are reluctant to confront the crowds

Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks

Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks. Calls for an end to the war & for revolution

The Litovsky and Preobrazhensky Regiments join a new rebel army and storm the Main Arsenal liberating 40,000 rifles and liberate political prisoners from Kresty jail. General Khabalovs soldiers, acting under the Tsars orders, open fire on striking workers, 169 workers are killed, and over 1,000 people are injured

Calls for the re-unification of the Bolsheviks & Mensheviks

General Khabalovs soldiers, acting under the Tsars orders, open fire on striking workers, 169 workers are killed, and over 1,000 people are injured

Ordered by Nicholas II to use force on the Petrograd demonstrators

Petrograd is occupied by military units in combat gear & a curfew imposed

The Volynskii Regiment fires on the crowd killing 40

Rodzianko warns Nicholas II that unrest in Petrograd is becoming critical and urges immediate political concessions.

Nicholas II orders General Ivanov to suppress the disorder

Khabalov has only 2,000 loyal troops as Petrograd is taken over by peasant soldiers

Rodzianko asks the Duma to convene to resolve on a course of action, the group creates a Provisional Committee, which urgently asks the Tsar to save himself by sharing power with a Prime Minister, the Tsar refuses

Factory and military delegates begin forming the Petrograd Soviet.

Supports the Duma committee as the monarchy collapses.

Rodzianko asks the Duma to convene to resolve on a course of action, the group creates a Provisional Committee, which urgently asks the Tsar to save himself by sharing power with a Prime Minister, the Tsar refuses

Plays a leading role during the February Revolution, helping establish the revolutionary authorities that replace the Romanov monarchy.

Rodzianko chairs the Provisional Committee of the State Duma as imperial authority collapses in Petrograd.

Menshevik influence shapes the early Petrograd Soviet leadership.

Helps organise the Soviet as revolutionary authority emerges.

Bridges the Duma committee and the new Soviet leadership.

Joins the Soviet leadership during the February Revolution.

Records the formation of the Petrograd Soviet from inside revolutionary circles.

Menshevik leaders call for elections to the Petrograd Soviet.

Skobelev joins the Soviet leadership as workers and soldiers create new institutions.

Kerensky connects the Duma committee with the newly formed Petrograd Soviet.

Rodzianko asks the Duma to convene to resolve on a course of action, the group creates a Provisional Committee, which urgently asks the Tsar to save himself by sharing power with a Prime Minister, the Tsar refuses

Khabalov has only 2,000 loyal troops as Petrograd is taken over by peasant soldiers

Khabalov has only 2,000 loyal troops as Petrograd is taken over by peasant soldiers

The Duma committee must coexist with the Petrograd Soviet.

Chairs the Soviet Executive Committee during the revolution.

Supervises the Tsars abdication

The first Joint Plenum of the Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies issues Soviet Order No. 1: all soldiers units will elect Soldiers Committee's & the decree stipulates that soldiers will now accept orders from the Soldiers Soviet

Nicholas II signs his abdication, ending his reign as the monarchy collapses during the February Revolution.

Released by the February Revolution from exile in Turukhansk, arrives in Petrograd

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising. After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war. Favours broad socialist coalition Government after the October Revolution