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Jan 9 1917
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More than 140,000 Russian workers strike in commemoration
Feb 19 1917
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The tsarist government announces food rationing, leading to panic buying in cities, where food availability is already critically low
Feb 23 1917
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Marchers gathered for International Women’s Day are joined by striking workers and socialist agitators
Feb 26 1917
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The tsar orders troops to fire on unruly protesters, dozens are killed. He also orders the Duma to be permanently dissolved, however this is ignored
Feb 28 1917
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The tsar attempts to return to Petrograd but is delayed by railway problems in Pskov. The Duma and the Petrograd Soviet both meet to plan a course of action
March 1 1917
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The leaders of France and Britain formally recognise the Provisional Government as the official government of Russia
March 3 1917 - Nov 7 1917
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The first of the two revolutions in 1917
March 3 1917
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Nicholas’ brother refuses the throne unless it is offered to him by a constituent assembly elected by the people. This ends more than 300 years of Romanov rule
March 3 1917
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The Provisional Government issues a set of liberal principles by which it intends to govern. This includes improvements to civil rights and freedoms, amnesties for political prisoners and the organisation of elections for a Constituent Assembly
March 9 1917
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Nicholas II and his family are detained under house arrest
March 12 1917
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The Provisional Government issues a decree abolishing the death penalty
April 3 1917
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Lenin returns to Russia with the assistance of the German government. On arrival he delivers a speech at Finland Station, which forms the basis of the April Theses
April 24 1917
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Milyukov resigns. Six Menshevik and SR delegates join the Provisional Government, while Alexander Kerensky replaces Guchkov as war minister
June 3 1917 - June 24 1917
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The first All-Russia Congress of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Soviets opens; it is dominated by Mensheviks and SR delegates
June 18 1917
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On Kerensky’s orders, Russian forces begin a massive military offensive against the Austro-Hungarians in Galicia. The offensive fails, leading to 400,000 Russian casualties
16 July 1917 - 20 July 1917
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Soldiers and industrial workers engage in spontaneous armed demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government
July 19 1917
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Kornilov replaces Brusilov as commander-in-chief of the Russian army
Aug 25 1917
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General Kornilov declares his intention to march on Petrograd and free the country from radical socialists. He claims to have the approval of the Provisional Government, though this is unclear
Sep 1 1917
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700,000 railway workers on strike; leading Bolsheviks released from prison
Oct 7 1917 - Nov 8 1917
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A seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917
Oct 25 1917
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Lenin announces that the Bolsheviks have seized power and calls for preparations for a Soviet government. Menshevik and moderate SR delegates walk out of the Congress of Soviets
Oct 26 1917
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Eighteen hours after seizing power, Lenin issues the Decree on Land, calling for the abolition of private ownership, and the Decree on Peace, urging an immediate ceasefire and treaty
Nov 3 1917
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Bolshevik Red Guards win control of Moscow after a week of bitter fighting
Nov 10 1917
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The new government abolishes all Tsarist ranks, titles and privileges
Dec 1 1917
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The Bolsheviks introduce reforms to private property ownership, marriage and divorce laws, and the legal status of women
Dec 7 1917
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Lenin decrees the formation of the CHEKA, a small agency led by Dzerzhinsky and tasked with combating counter-revolutionary activity. It begins with 26 agents