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