Jan 1
Jan 9
Feb 10
Feb 14
Feb 19
Feb 22
Feb 23
Feb 25
Feb 26
Feb 27
Feb 28
Mar 1
Mar 2
Mar 3
- morale of the army is very low
- soldiers don't see a reason to annex more territory
- 50% of farmers are in the war
- lack of food
- 1.5 million soldiers leave the army in 1916
Jan 9
- 30,000 workers in moscow strike
- 145,000 workers strike in Petrograd
Feb 10
- leader of the duma (Rodzianko) asked for more power and control
- Nicholas says no
Feb 14
- from 58 factories 100,00 workers go on strike
Feb 19
- authorities announce bread will be rationed starting march 1st
- street demonstrations begin
Feb 22
- 20,000 workers from the Putilo arms factory go on strike
- wage dispute
Feb 23
- 128,000 people joined a march for international Women’s day
- revolutionary banners and slogans begin to surface
- end the war, throw over the government, obtain food and land
Feb 25
- over half the workforce in Petrograd are on strike
- Alexandra downplays the revolutionary start up
- she claims it will just pass
Feb 26
- Nicholas shuts down the duma
- Rodzianko suggest the tsar appoint a new government
- Tsar ignores the request
Feb 27
- Tsar orders army to fire at protesters
- 66,000 men mutiny and join protesters
- Petrograd soviet (worker’s council) is created
Feb 28
- Tsar tries to return to Petrograd but his train is stopped
- Soviets issues Order Number 1
- assumes control of the armed forces
- Sailors mutiny In Kronstadt
- Nicholas is asked to abdicate his thrown
Mar 1
- soviets refuse to surrender control of armed forces
- agree to have a Provisional Government lead by former Duma
Mar 2
- Tsar abdicated for himself and his son
- He offers the throne to his brother but he denies it
- Romanov dynasty came to an end
- people tore down statues of the Tsar and Imperial Emblems
Mar 3
- country is in political limbo
- Tsar and his family are placed under house arrest
- Provisional Government and Soviets uneasily share powers