Political prisoners are freed from Kresty prison

Authorities detained more than one hundred activists in an attempt to decapitate the movement before another day of demonstrations. The source date is 2/26/1917 Old Style.

Soldiers acting under government orders shot striking workers. The bloodshed accelerated disobedience inside the garrison. The source date is 2/26/1917 Old Style.

Soldiers of the Pavlovsky Regiment confronted forces that had fired on workers. Some refused disarmament and joined the uprising. The source date is 2/26/1917 Old Style.

Soldiers killed an officer associated with the previous day’s repression, armed themselves and carried rebellion into other regiments. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.

Mutinous regiments captured the arsenal and distributed tens of thousands of rifles, transforming the strike movement into an armed revolution. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.

Delegates representing workers and soldiers gathered at the Tauride Palace and created a new institution of popular power. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.

Members of the State Duma formed a committee to restore governmental authority as imperial institutions collapsed. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.

Workers and soldiers extended the revolution to Moscow and dismantled the local authority of the imperial government. The source date is 2/28/1917 Old Style.

Revolutionary forces detained leading members of the imperial administration while the Duma committee assumed governmental functions. The source date is 2/28/1917 Old Style.

Sailors at the strategic Baltic naval base mutinied, creating another powerful centre of revolutionary military action. The source date is 2/28/1917 Old Style.