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Revolution begins
Demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the russian capital of Pretrograd , supported by 90,000 men and women on strike, the protestors clashed with police but refused to leave the streets -
Russian czar abdicates
Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son , The following day , Nicholas' brother , Mikhail announced his refusual to accept the throne . -
Lenin returns
Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train . -
July days
The july days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government , after the Bolsheviks unseccesfully try to direct these protests into a coup . -
Council of People's Commissars