Russian troops resist the German offensive near Riga

👉 Russian troops resist the German offensive near Riga Huidig

14 Januari 1917

Russian troops defended positions near Riga while the wider army suffered low morale, shortages and growing disbelief in the war's aims. The source date is 1/1/1917 Old Style.

Desertion exposes the army’s deep crisis

14 Januari 1917

By the beginning of 1917, mass desertion, hunger among soldiers’ families and war exhaustion revealed the breakdown of imperial military authority. The source date is 1/1/1917 Old Style.

Moscow workers commemorate Bloody Sunday

22 Januari 1917

Around 30,000 Moscow workers joined a one-day strike commemorating the victims of Bloody Sunday and opposing the autocracy. The source date is 1/9/1917 Old Style.

A mass political strike spreads through Petrograd

22 Januari 1917

Approximately 145,000 Petrograd workers stopped work. The action showed that organized working-class opposition had revived before the February Revolution. The source date is 1/9/1917 Old Style.

Police arrest the Workers’ Group

8 Februari 1917

The imperial secret police arrested members of the Workers’ Group after it appealed for political change and a new government. The source date is 1/26/1917 Old Style.

Petrograd’s food stocks approach exhaustion

13 Februari 1917

Flour reserves were reported sufficient for only about ten days, meat had disappeared and long queues formed in extreme cold. The source date is 1/31/1917 Old Style.

Russian troops resist the German offensive near Riga

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Nicholas II

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Imperial Russian Army

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