The railway strike becomes empire-wide

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.

Nicholas II promised civil liberties and a legislative Duma after the general strike paralysed the empire. Liberals welcomed the concessions, but many workers and socialists continued to demand deeper...

Demonstrators gathered at prisons and government buildings following the October Manifesto, pressing authorities to free political detainees. The source date is 18 October Old Style.

Sergei Witte was appointed chairman of a reorganized Council of Ministers and charged with implementing the constitutional promises while restoring state authority. The source date is 19 October Old...

The funeral of the Bolshevik activist Nikolai Bauman drew a large political procession in Moscow. The source date is 20 October Old Style.

Organized violence against Jewish residents followed the October Manifesto. Police and right-wing monarchist groups were widely implicated in the pogrom. The source date is 20 October Old Style.