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The Russian Revolution of 1917
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March 11
On March 11 the Duma ignored the tsar's order to dissolve itself, while fires in the city broke out that very night. -
March 12
On March 12 the Duma elected an Executive Committee which assumed dictatorial powers on behalf of the Duma -
Prisons open
Also on March 12 the revolutionary instinct of the mob was released. Prisons were opened and the prisoners mingled with the demonstrators -
Executive Committee of Soldiers and Workers Deputies is founded
On March 12 the Executive Committee of Soldiers and Workers Deputies was founded. -
Czarist Regime
Two days later the Czarist Regime was overthrowned while an uprising in Moscow was happening and was successful. -
abdicating
The tsar in Pskov abdicate the next day. -
Grand duke
Grand duke Michael had refused the crown unless the will of a constituent assembly was heard. -
March 15
On March 15 civil liberties are proclaimed and the promise of convening a constituent assembly is made.The police is replaced with a people's militia -
Spring Tacticts
The Bolsheviks soon elected a new Central Committee -
Nicholas II
Nicholas II was arrested at army headquarters and imprisoned at Tsarkoe Selo -
Mar. 22
The U.S.A. was the first government to recognize the Provisional Government -
a senior member of the Central Committee founded in 1912
Joseph Stalin-a senior member of the Central Committee founded in 1912, returned from exile on March 25 & closed down the temporary bureau and taking control of Pravda. -
"Fight on"
Meanwhile, controversy between the Provisional Government and the Leftists soon comes into the open.Miliukov promised that Russia would fight on. -
Soviets
Soviets call for peace. -
A Party Conference was then held on April 10 to straighten things out
A Party Conference was then held on April 10 to straighten things out -
"militaristic and imperialistic"
The Provisional Government belated & responds to charges of pursuing a "militaristic and imperialistic" foreign policy by also declaring itself in favor of peace without annexations and reparations. -
call for continuation of war
Miliukov was discredited since he call for continuation of war and sent a note to allies on May 1 -
Kerensky a new leader
Kerensky then visited the front and tried to rouse the soldiers to fight on, actually launching an offensive in July 1917. -
General Kornilov
In desperation he was made commander-in-chief on July 30, but it was too late.Kornilov thought together with Kerensky he could re-establish order. -
October
On October 21 Lenin returned secretly to the city to participate in the Central Committee meeting of October 23 -
Leon
The Soviets established a Military Revolutionary Committee with Leon Trotsky as chairman. -
On November 5
On November 5 the Military Revolutionary Committee appointed commissars for all military units around St. Petersburg. -
The Insurrection
The Insurrection proper took place on the evening of November 6 -
Nov. 6
Late in the evening of November 6 the Soviet Congress met as planned.The Bolsheviks now had an absolute majority and could sanction what had happened. The rising in St. Petersburg had succeeded. The Bolsheviks were in power.
