The October general strike begins

The peace treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War. Russia accepted major losses of influence, while the end of the war allowed the government to redirect forces toward domestic unrest. The source date...

The government restored a measure of university autonomy. Campuses quickly became important meeting places for political organizations, workers and students. The source date is 27 August Old Style.

Printers in Moscow stopped work over wages and working conditions. Their action helped ignite the October strike movement. The source date is 19 September Old Style.

Printing workers in the capital entered the growing strike wave, helping turn separate economic disputes into a broad political confrontation. The source date is 2 October Old Style.

Worker representatives in Moscow created a council to coordinate the strike movement. It developed into the Moscow Soviet. The source date is 3 October Old Style.

A congress of railway workers appealed for coordinated action across the empire, accelerating the spread of the October general strike. The source date is 9 October Old Style.

Industrial, transport and other workers brought much of Moscow to a halt as the political strike gained momentum. The source date is 10 October Old Style.

Strike delegates in the capital formalized a council that became the St Petersburg Soviet of Workers’ Deputies, a new form of representative organization based on workplaces. The source date is 12...

At a large public meeting, political and professional organizations recognized the Soviet as a central representative body of the strike. The source date is 14 October Old Style.

Authorities barred people who were not students from university meetings, attempting to close important centres of revolutionary assembly. The source date is 15 October Old Style.