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Population increase 1890-1910
The population of St Petersburg increased from 1,033,600 to 1,905,600. Moscow experienced similar growth. -
Strikes
The first years following the turn of the twentieth century were marked by increasingly bitter strikes and workplace organizing, which culminated with workers and other disgruntled sections of Russian society rising against the autocracy in 1905. -
Population Increase
Population grew rapidly from 74M in 1860 to 164M in 1914 -
Membership Increase
Bolshevik Party membership rose from c. 10,000 in March 1917 to nearly 400,000 by October 1917. -
International Women's Day
Thousands of female textile workers and housewives took to the streets of Petrograd to protest about bread shortages and for International Women's day. -
Worker's Strike
More than 200,000 workers went on strike.
