Historical Organization
Petrograd workers’ organizations
Petrograd workers’ organizations
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Organization Timeline
A mass political strike spreads through Petrograd
📅 22 January 1917Approximately 145,000 Petrograd workers stopped work. The action showed that organized working-class opposition had revived before the February Revolution. The source date is 1/9/1917 Old Style.
The Petrograd strike reaches 128,000 workers
📅 8 March 1917The women-led action expanded into a mass strike demanding food, an end to the war and political change. The source date is 2/23/1917 Old Style.
The strike expands to about 200,000 workers
📅 9 March 1917Nearly half of Petrograd’s industrial workforce stopped work as economic demands developed into calls against autocracy and war. The source date is 2/24/1917 Old Style.
Workers fraternize with soldiers and Cossacks
📅 9 March 1917Demonstrators appealed to armed troops not to suppress them. These contacts weakened the government’s ability to rely on military force. The source date is 2/24/1917 Old Style.
Troops fire on Petrograd demonstrators
📅 11 March 1917Soldiers acting under government orders shot striking workers. The bloodshed accelerated disobedience inside the garrison. The source date is 2/26/1917 Old Style.
Political prisoners are freed from Kresty prison
📅 12 March 1917Armed workers and soldiers opened the prison and released political detainees held by the imperial state. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.
Workers join the armed demonstrations
📅 16 July 1917Delegations brought factory workers into the streets, turning the soldiers’ initiative into a vast movement across Petrograd. The source date is 7/3/1917 Old Style.