The government presents the war as national defence

Joseph Stalin became a Bolshevik representative on the executive body of the Petrograd Soviet. The source date is 3/18/1917 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.

Veteran Marxist Georgi Plekhanov returned to Petrograd but supported continued participation in the war, separating him from anti-war socialists. The source date is 3/31/1917 Old Style.

Lenin arrived at Finland Station and was welcomed by workers, soldiers and Bolshevik supporters after years in exile. The source date is 4/3/1917 Old Style.

Lenin called for no support to the Provisional Government, an end to the imperialist war, land to the peasants and all power to the soviets. The source date is 4/4/1917 Old Style.

The Provisional Government enacted protections for public meetings and unions, widening the space for mass political organization. The source date is 4/12/1917 Old Style.

Mass demonstrations marked International Workers’ Day and displayed the political strength of organized workers after the fall of the monarchy. The source date is 4/18/1917 Old Style.