Women textile workers launch the February Revolution

Bolshevik organizers called workers out in protest against the imprisonment of socialist Duma deputies who had opposed the First World War. 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.

The women-led action expanded into a mass strike demanding food, an end to the war and political change. The source date is 2/23/1917 Old Style.

Nearly half of Petrograd’s industrial workforce stopped work as economic demands developed into calls against autocracy and war. The source date is 2/24/1917 Old Style.

Demonstrators appealed to armed troops not to suppress them. These contacts weakened the government’s ability to rely on military force. The source date is 2/24/1917 Old Style.

Militant workers entered police stations and disrupted government communications as the strike movement became an open challenge to imperial rule. The source date is 2/25/1917 Old Style.

The commander of the Petrograd Military District announced that force would be used to end street protests. The source date is 2/25/1917 Old Style.