Menshevik faction

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Ninety thousand Petrograd workers strike

📅 27 February 1917

Workers from dozens of factories struck while the State Duma opened a new session. Police attempts to disperse demonstrators met resistance. The source date is 2/14/1917 Old Style.

Plekhanov returns after decades in exile

📅 13 April 1917

Veteran Marxist Georgi Plekhanov returned to Petrograd but supported continued participation in the war, separating him from anti-war socialists. The source date is 3/31/1917 Old Style.

The Congress backs the Provisional Government

📅 16 June 1917

Menshevik and Socialist Revolutionary majorities maintained cooperation with the coalition government rather than transferring all state power to the soviets. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.

The demand to disarm Bolshevik workers is withdrawn

📅 24 June 1917

After heated debate and resistance from workers and soldiers, Menshevik leaders abandoned proposals aimed at disarming revolutionary workers. The source date is 6/11/1917 Old Style.

The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens

📅 7 November 1917

Delegates assembled at Smolny while the struggle for the Winter Palace continued. Menshevik and Right Socialist Revolutionary representatives walked out. The source date is 25 October 1917 Old Style.

Vikzhel demands a broad socialist coalition

📅 11 November 1917

The railway workers’ executive threatened disruption unless Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries formed a united socialist government. The source date is 29 October 1917 Old Style.