On International Women’s Day under the Gregorian calendar, women textile workers in Petrograd struck and marched for bread and an end to war. Their action widened into a mass movement joined by male workers. The revolution began through popular initiative, not a plan directed from the Bolshevik leadership. Dates in 1917 Russian records often use the Julian calendar, thirteen days behind the Gregorian calendar.
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Which group initiated the February Revolution in Petrograd on International Women’s Day?
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The strike by women textile workers expanded into a mass movement joined by male workers.
Women textile workers helped initiate the February Revolution in Petrograd.
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The strike and march began with women workers and widened into a mass movement.