The Feb/March Revolution 1917 Flashcards
causes of the February revolution
- winter 1917 = hunger, bread shortages an unemployment
- jan 1917 = demonstration of 150,000 workers on bloody Sunday
- spontaneous revolution as no present leaders
the dates of the February revolution
14th Feb - 28th
14th February events
100,000 workers strike
bread rationing caused extensive queues and violence increased specifically towards police
22nd February events
20,000 workers locked out of Pulitov Steel Works by management after pay talks collapsed
strikes continued in support
23rd February events
international women’s day
90,000 workers on strike - women joined march from Petrograd
50 factories closed
students and women from bread queues joined = 240,000 on streets
police force needed to restore order
24th February events
200,000 on strike
crowds: overturned tsarist statues, waved red flags, wore red rosettes, shouted revolutionary slogans and sang ‘La Marseillaise’
what’s the significance of singing ‘La Marseillaise’
replicating the French Revolution ideals
25th February events
250,000 strikes = virtual standoff at Petrograd
factories, shops closed
no newspapers, public transport
violence escalated = head of place brutally murdered
civilians killed by soldiers but Cossacks refused to attack strikers
26th February events
Rodianko sent tsar telegram warning of severity of situation
tsar ignored and ordered Duma to dissolve
27th February events
tsar ordered Khabalov to restore order by military forces up 12-man provisional committee to take over government
revolutionaries supported soviet to take over gov
28th February events
Nicholas 2nd went back to Petrograd sent telegram to Raodianko offering shared power with Duma
Rejected request
issues of leadership
no leadership = spontaneous
bolsheviks small and leaders absent
result of revolution = emergence of soviets and PG
who was asked to take over Tsar
Mikhail
Nicholas 2nd’s cousin
