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Workers going on strike
On the 8th March 30,000 workers went on strike as they were not being paid so therefore could not afford any food. there were many demonstrations all over the city however Nicholas foolishly thought that these demonstrations would stop. -
The Tsar ordering the soldiers to fire into the corwds of the angry protesters
About 50 protesters were killed when the Tsar ordered his soldiers to fire bullets into the crowd of them. Some of these protesters were peaceful, and when the army started firing they thought and said to everyone, "they are only blanks!". But when the bodies started dropping they started running too. -
Nicholas abdicates
Nicholas gave up the throne after the ongoing riots, protests and acts of demonstration. The provisional government was then formed and leading it was Prime Minister Prince Lvov. The provisional government did not however have any real force at its disposal like soldiers or anything like that. -
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin arrived in Petrograd, Russia on the 6th April 1917. He was a vital part that played a role in the fall of the provisional government along side Stalin and Trotsky. He provided the Bolsheviks with determination to take power instead of them supporting the government. -
The Milyukov Note
This was a telegram sent to the Allied Powers by a foreign minister called Pavel Milyukov. It said inside that the Provisional Government wanted to continue the war. due to people finding out about this note, the Bolsheviks rose in power and support. -
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The July Days
The July days were a series of days where many demonstrations occurred . Lvov resigned as the founder of the Provisional Government and a man named Alexander Kerensky took charge. the death penalty was then reintroduced and women gained the right to vote in elections and other similar events. The new leader of the PG then ordered the arrest of Vladimir Lenin, a key leader of the Bolsheviks, who then in return went into hiding. Other key Bolsheviks were arrested. -
A Republican Russia
Russia was officially declared a republic. -
Trotsky Freed
Trotsky and other people were freed.
