1917 February Revolution

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History (1881 - 24) Mind Map on 1917 February Revolution, created by charlotte151996 on 05/04/2013.
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1917 February Revolution
  1. Petrograd demonstrations
    1. 9th Jan - 140000 workers on strike on anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
      1. Last day of Jan. - strikes about food shortages across Russia.
        1. 14th Feb. - 100000 workers on strike about food shortages and poor working conditions.
          1. State Duma reconvened - attacked gov. on food shortages.
        2. 19th Feb. - Bread rationing start 1st March.
          1. 23rd Feb - International woman's day.
            1. Thousands of women took to streets.
            2. 24th Feb. - Soviets formed to make demands against gov.
              1. 25th Feb. - Demostrators swelled to 200000.
              2. All newspapers shut down and public transport stopped.
              3. Defection of the armed forces
                1. 25th Feb - Cossack troops refused to fire on demonstrators.
                  1. To try and reassert authority - Gov. dissolved state Duma.
                    1. Duma formed a twelve man committee - Provisional Government.
                      1. 28th Feb. - Tsar telegrammed Duma, offering to share power.
                        1. Duma declined.
                      2. 1st March - Workers Soviet joined forces to make Petrograd soviet.
                        1. Repeat of 1905 events - Order number 1
                      3. Tsar's decision to abdicate
                        1. 1st March - boarded a train to try get back to Petrograd.
                          1. 2nd March - Train stopped as anti-gov. soldiers took control of railway.
                          2. Asked to abdicate by members of state duma.
                            1. Tsar agreed - abdicated throne on behalf of son.
                              1. 3rd March - Tsar brother Grand Duke Michael refused throne.
                                1. Russia ceased to be a monarchy.
                              2. 3rd March - Prince Lvov named prime minister and in charge of PG.
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