📅 8 March 1917
On International Women’s Day under the Gregorian calendar, women textile workers in Petrograd struck and marched for bread and an end to war. Their action widened into a mass movement joined by male...
📅 23 February 1921
Strikes and demonstrations spread in Petrograd amid fuel and food shortages, with workers demanding supplies and political change. The government imposed martial law and the crisis escalated into...
📅 16 April 1917
Lenin returned via Germany, Sweden, and Finland amid wartime conditions and political controversy. His arrival energized Bolshevik debate, but the party initially resisted parts of his new line,...
