The February Revolution (1917)
Tsar retreated into daily routines of Stavka- effectively ignores national crisis
16th Dec 1916
Strikes begin in factories in Petrograd
18th feb 1917
February revolution
18th feb- 4th march 1917
Lena Goldfield strikes/massacre
1912
Tsar becomes supreme commander of the Russian Military
22nd aug 1915
International woman's day
23rd feb 1917
general strike
25th feb 1917
150 000 Petrograd garrison troops had deserted their officers
26th feb 1917
formation of the Petrograd Soviet and meeting of the provisional committee in the tauride palace
27th feb 1917
Nicholas prevented from returning to Petrograd
28th feb 1917
Provisional Government formed/tsar signs abdication decree
2nd march 1917
Tsar's abdication formally announced
4th march 1917
fourth duma recalled
july 1915
house arrest began for the tsar and his family
march 1917