Historical Organization

Petrograd Soviet Executive Committee

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Russian Revolution of 1917 📍 Russia

Petrograd Soviet Executive Committee

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Organization Timeline

The Petrograd Soviet orders Nicholas II’s arrest

📅 16 March 1917

The Soviet Executive Committee demanded the detention of the former tsar to prevent restoration of imperial authority. The source date is 3/3/1917 Old Style.

Stalin joins the Soviet Executive Committee

📅 31 March 1917

Joseph Stalin became a Bolshevik representative on the executive body of the Petrograd Soviet. The source date is 3/18/1917 Old Style.

The First Machine Gun Regiment enters Petrograd

📅 14 July 1917

Armed machine-gunners arrived from Oranienbaum and rejected Soviet Executive Committee instructions to return. The source date is 7/1/1917 Old Style.