Kerensky becomes minister of war

A Soviet majority supported socialist participation in a coalition with liberal ministers despite Bolshevik opposition. The source date is 5/1/1917 Old Style.

The foreign minister left office following mass opposition to his commitment to continued war and territorial ambitions. The source date is 5/2/1917 Old Style.

After release from British detention, Trotsky reached the revolutionary capital and soon became a prominent advocate of transferring power to the soviets. The source date is 5/4/1917 Old Style.

The sailors’ and workers’ soviet announced that it alone exercised governmental authority in Kronstadt. The source date is 5/17/1917 Old Style.

Alexander Guchkov left the government after demonstrations and growing resistance to military policy. The source date is 5/31/1917 Old Style.

Hundreds of delegates assembled in Petrograd to debate war, land, state power and the relationship with the Provisional Government. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.

Most delegates endorsed continued military defence while calling for peace, rejecting the Bolshevik demand for an immediate break with government policy. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.

Menshevik and Socialist Revolutionary majorities maintained cooperation with the coalition government rather than transferring all state power to the soviets. The source date is 6/3/1917 Old Style.

The Finnish parliament claimed broad internal sovereignty while leaving foreign affairs and war under the Russian state. The source date is 6/5/1917 Old Style.

The Russian government used political and military pressure against Finland’s attempt to expand self-government. The source date is 6/5/1917 Old Style.