The December strike spreads beyond Moscow

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.

Government troops broke the main centres of armed resistance, including the Presnya district. The Moscow Soviet called off the strike, marking the defeat of the revolution’s final major urban...