Revolutionary forces take control in Moscow

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.

Armed workers and soldiers opened the prison and released political detainees held by the imperial state. 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.

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.

The newspaper of the Petrograd Soviet began publication and provided the new council with a means of communicating with workers and soldiers. The source date is 2/28/1917 Old Style.

Order No. 1 instructed military units to elect soldiers’ committees and subordinated political obedience to the Soviet and elected representatives. The source date is 3/1/1917 Old Style.

The Petrograd Soviet accepted the authority of the emerging Provisional Government while retaining independent power among workers and soldiers. The source date is 3/1/1917 Old Style.