February Revolution

Question 1

What happened on Monday 14th February ?

Answer 1

100,000 workers from 58 different factories went on strike due to the announcement that bread would be rationed in Petrograd from March onwards

Question 2

What happened on Wednesday 22nd February?

Answer 2

20,000 workers were locked out of the Putilov Steel Factory, other workers went on strike in support

Question 3

What happened on 23rd February? IWD.

Answer 3

90,000 workers on strike and 50 factories closed.

Striking workers joined the IWD protesters and there were 240,000 people striking in Petrograd

Question 4

What happened on 24th February?

Answer 4

200,000 workers on strike. Strikers overturned statues, chanted revolutionary phrases and sang the La Marseillaise.

Question 5

What happened on 25th February?

Answer 5

250,000 workers on strike in Petrograd.

All factories and most shops were closed.

Question 6

What happened 26th February?

Answer 6

Rodzianko, Duma President, warned Tsar of dire situation in Petrograd

Question 7

What happened on 27th February?

Answer 7

General Khabilov and was ordered to restore order by military force.
Mutiny began in Volynskii regiment, where a sergeant shot his commanding officers. 66,000 soldiers mutinied and joined protesters. 40,000 rifles.
Revolutionaries set up a Soviet intended to take over the Government, organising food supplies.

Question 8

What happened on February 28th?

Answer 8

Nicholas began making his way back to Petrograd. Rodzianko said the offer of a shared government was too late.