Stalin joins the Soviet Executive Committee

Released from Siberian exile after the amnesty, Joseph Stalin arrived in the capital and soon joined Pravda’s editorial leadership. The source date is 3/12/1917 Old Style.

The government repealed capital punishment as part of its first liberal reforms, although it would later restore it at the front. The source date is 3/12/1917 Old Style.

The Soviet addressed workers and peoples internationally, calling for peace without annexations or indemnities. The source date is 3/14/1917 Old Style.

Leon Trotsky departed the United States to return from exile after the fall of the monarchy.

Polish representatives appealed for independence, but the Provisional Government delayed recognition of national self-determination. The source date is 3/17/1917 Old Style.

The Provisional Government condemned unauthorized land seizures and deferred agrarian redistribution despite mounting peasant demands. The source date is 3/19/1917 Old Style.

The Provisional Government removed many legal restrictions inherited from the monarchy and permitted greater use of non-Russian languages. The source date is 3/20/1917 Old Style.

Pravda published an abridged version of Lenin’s arguments that workers should not politically support the Provisional Government. The source date is 3/21/1917 Old Style.

British naval authorities removed Trotsky and other anti-war socialists from their ship and imprisoned them temporarily at Amherst.

The Provisional Government declared that continued participation in the war was defensive, winning qualified acceptance from Soviet leaders. The source date is 3/27/1917 Old Style.