Crowds demand the release of political prisoners

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.

Rail traffic across much of the empire stopped, linking local movements and placing enormous pressure on the government. The source date is 16 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...

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.

The Soviet called workers back to work after the October Manifesto, while continuing to organize around political and workplace demands. The source date is 21 October Old Style.

Servicemen at the Kronstadt naval base rebelled over conditions and political demands. The authorities suppressed the revolt and prepared courts-martial. The source date is 26 October Old Style.