Returning grenadiers join the Kronstadt movement

Anarchist groups used the day of mass demonstrations to free prisoners, enabling the government to associate radical opponents with disorder. The source date is 6/18/1917 Old Style.

Workers at the major armaments plant stopped work. Bolsheviks expressed support for their grievances while discouraging an isolated confrontation. The source date is 6/21/1917 Old Style.

The First Machine Gun Regiment declared that it would not send detachments to the front unless the war served revolutionary aims. The source date is 6/21/1917 Old Style.

Militants threatened direct action unless anarchists arrested in Petrograd were freed. The source date is 6/23/1917 Old Style.

Reports that the government intended to close Petrograd factories intensified fears of unemployment and deliberate dispersal of militant workers. The source date is 6/24/1917 Old Style.

Soldiers adopted the slogan ‘All power to the soviets,’ reflecting rapid radicalization inside the Petrograd garrison. The source date is 7/1/1917 Old Style.

Soldiers refused orders to provide replacement companies for the front, demonstrating the government’s weakening authority over the army. The source date is 7/1/1917 Old Style.

Armed machine-gunners arrived from Oranienbaum and rejected Soviet Executive Committee instructions to return. The source date is 7/1/1917 Old Style.

Machine-gunners and other soldiers decided to demonstrate against the Provisional Government, demanding transfer of power to the soviets. The source date is 7/3/1917 Old Style.

Delegations brought factory workers into the streets, turning the soldiers’ initiative into a vast movement across Petrograd. The source date is 7/3/1917 Old Style.