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Putilov strike
After WW1, many peasants who were ill treated in the war went to protest in olden day St. Peters burg. 20,000 peasants came and demanded higher wages and better factory conditions because of the increase in prices of food. A few days later, over 100,000 peasants were on strike. -
International Women's Day
Around 100,000 women come to protest at Nevsky Propekt ( a large avenue in St. Petersburg). The women wanted food to feed their children ,lower prices for food and they were angry about the shortage of bread. Some were seen with slogans like 'down with the Tsar'. Many were looting shops. This day was seen as the first day of the February revolution. -
Abolition of Monarchy
The protest led by women and peasants led to the Tsar abdicating his own and his son's throne. In the protests, approximately 1,300 people were killed or injured. -
Provisional Government is created
After the Tsar abdicated himself and his son, the throne would go to his brother. His brother - Mikhail or in English, Michael - refused to take the throne resulting in a provisional government to be formed and George Lvov becoming leader -
Lenin Comes back
Lenin returns from exile on a sealed train that came from Switzerland via Germany and Finland. -
The Milyukov Note
A telegram that was meant to be for the Allies of the world war was leaked to the public. It stated that the Provisional Government wanted to continue the war. Because of this, many protests were held against the provisional government and increased support for Lenin's Bolsheviks. -
June Offensive
The minister of war in Russia, Alexander Karensky, launches an offensive against Austria-Hungary. Although it is initially successful, soldiers refuse to leave their trenches because of low morale. Some soldiers even go back to Russia. After this, the offensive collapses within 4 days -
Kornilov Affair
General Kornilov fails to coup the Bolsheviks when he orders troops to tackle some threats from them. The Prime Minister registers this as a coop at the right wing and this secures power to the Bolsheviks and crushes the Provisional Governement -
October revolution starts
The Bolsheviks take control of Petrograd (St Petersburg) -
Bolshevik Decrees
The Bolsheviks launch new decrees. the first one, the 'Decrees on Land' abolish private land and spread it across the peasants. The second one, the 'Peace' decree, makes Russia immediately pull out of WW1. Also, all workers are issued with a maximum of 8 hours to work per day and a minimum wage. -
Election to the Constituent Assembly
An election takes place with the Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries as the main parties. The Socialist Revolutionaries win the most seats while the Bolsheviks get less than a qaurter of all votes. -
New bread laws
Every person is now given 1/4 pound (about 113 grams) of bread a day. Wheat and flour are being sold separately but for extremely high prices on the black market. -
Fighting stops
An armistice/truce is agreed between the Allies and the Central Powers so all fighting stops
