Hundreds of delegates assembled in Petrograd to debate war, land, state power and the relationship with the Provisional Government. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.
Most delegates endorsed continued military defence while calling for peace, rejecting the Bolshevik demand for an immediate break with government policy. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.
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.