Bolsheviks call a Petrograd anti-war strike

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.

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.

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.

Women waiting in food queues increasingly entered shops in search of provisions, making the food crisis a visible source of popular anger. The source date is 1/31/1917 Old Style.

Duma chairman Mikhail Rodzianko told the tsar that serious political concessions were needed to prevent national upheaval. Nicholas II rejected the warning. The source date is 2/10/1917 Old Style.

Workers from dozens of factories struck while the State Duma opened a new session. Police attempts to disperse demonstrators met resistance. The source date is 2/14/1917 Old Style.

The Bolshevik Petrograd Committee urged workers to move beyond support for the Duma and struggle directly against the autocracy. The source date is 2/14/1917 Old Style.

The tsar departed for Mogilev at the moment when shortages, strikes and political opposition were converging in the capital. The source date is 2/22/1917 Old Style.

Management closed the Putilov works and excluded striking employees, adding thousands of angry industrial workers to the developing revolutionary movement. The source date is 2/22/1917 Old Style.

On International Women’s Day, women textile workers in Petrograd left their factories and called other workers into the streets for bread and peace. The source date is 2/23/1917 Old Style.