Baltic Fleet sailors reject government authority

Workers and socialist organizers fraternized with advancing troops, undermining the attempted military takeover. The source date is 28 August 1917 Old Style.

The advancing forces disintegrated without a major battle after railway obstruction, agitation and mass mobilization. The source date is 31 August 1917 Old Style.

Kerensky’s government formally declared the Russian Republic after the defeat of Kornilov. The source date is 1 September 1917 Old Style.

For the first time, the Petrograd Soviet approved a Bolshevik resolution calling for transfer of authority to the soviets. The source date is 1 September 1917 Old Style.

The Bolsheviks gained a majority in the Moscow Soviet, reflecting the radicalization produced by war and the Kornilov crisis. The source date is 5 September 1917 Old Style.

A larger meeting again supported transferring state authority away from the coalition government. The source date is 9 September 1917 Old Style.

Writing in hiding, Lenin argued that workers could not simply take over the existing state machinery but needed a new form of power based on soviets. The source date is 12 September 1917 Old Style.

In letters to party leaders, Lenin argued that conditions now favoured a Soviet government. The source date is 14 September 1917 Old Style.

More than a thousand delegates met to create political legitimacy for a new government, but deep divisions remained over coalition and war. The source date is 14 September 1917 Old Style.

The elected Central Committee of the Baltic Fleet refused the government’s dissolution order. The source date is 18 September 1917 Old Style.