The July Days begin

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.

A Grenadier Guard unit returning from the front aligned itself with radical soldiers and anarchists around Kronstadt. The source date is 6/26/1917 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.

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.

Unable to stop the movement, Bolshevik leaders sought to keep it organized and direct elected delegations toward the Soviet leadership. The source date is 7/3/1917 Old Style.

Workers, soldiers and sailors gathered in their hundreds of thousands under the slogan ‘All power to the soviets.’ The source date is 7/4/1917 Old Style.

Troops loyal to the Provisional Government fired on and dispersed sections of the movement, producing hundreds of casualties. The source date is 7/4/1917 Old Style.

The authorities smashed the Bolshevik newspaper’s press and intensified repression against workers distributing revolutionary publications. The source date is 7/5/1917 Old Style.