Pravda

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Pravda resumes publication

📅 18 Maart 1917

The Bolshevik newspaper returned after its suppression under the monarchy and became an important platform in the struggle over the revolution’s direction. The source date is 3/5/1917 Old Style.

Stalin returns to Petrograd

📅 25 Maart 1917

Released from Siberian exile after the amnesty, Joseph Stalin arrived in the capital and soon joined Pravda’s editorial leadership. The source date is 3/12/1917 Old Style.

Lenin’s Letters from Afar begin appearing

📅 3 April 1917

Pravda published an abridged version of Lenin’s arguments that workers should not politically support the Provisional Government. The source date is 3/21/1917 Old Style.

Government forces destroy Pravda’s offices

📅 18 Juli 1917

The authorities smashed the Bolshevik newspaper’s press and intensified repression against workers distributing revolutionary publications. The source date is 7/5/1917 Old Style.