Izvestia publishes its first issue

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.

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.

Under pressure from political and military leaders, Nicholas II renounced the throne, ending more than three centuries of Romanov rule. The source date is 3/2/1917 Old Style.

Nicholas II attempted to transfer the crown to his brother Michael, but Michael refused to rule without approval from a future representative assembly. The source date is 3/2/1917 Old Style.

Liberal Duma politicians formed a government headed by Prince Georgy Lvov while the Petrograd Soviet remained an independent centre of power. The source date is 3/2/1917 Old Style.