EVENT INFORMATION

12
March
1917

Petrograd Soviet and Duma committee emerge amid uprising

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📅 12 March 1917 📍 Russia

Soldiers mutinied and joined workers as the uprising spread. Delegates formed the Petrograd Soviet while members of the Duma established a committee to manage state affairs. Competing centers of authority appeared, foreshadowing the unstable “dual power” between the Provisional Government and workers’ and soldiers’ councils.

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Petrograd workers and soldiers

Duma deputies

Organizations in this Event

Petrograd Soviet

State Duma