The St Petersburg Soviet ends the October strike

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.

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.

Socialist Revolutionary activist Anastasia Bitsenko shot General Viktor Sakharov, who had been sent to suppress peasant unrest. The source date is 22 November Old Style.

The Soviet and allied parties urged citizens to withdraw deposits, demand gold payments and refuse certain taxes in an effort to weaken the imperial government financially. The source date is 2...

Police surrounded a Soviet meeting and arrested its deputies, including Leon Trotsky. The arrests deprived the capital’s movement of its main coordinating body. The source date is 3 December Old...

A political general strike developed into an armed uprising. Workers erected barricades and revolutionary fighting groups confronted troops and police. The source date is 7 December Old Style.