Question

Define October and February revolution in Russian revolution?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

OCTOBER REVOLUTION

• Lenin was apprehensive of imposition of dictatorship by the Provisional Government.  

• On 16 October 1917, he convinced the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power.  

• A Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed by the Soviet under Leon Trotskii to organize the seizure.

• The uprising began on 24 October.

•  Prime Minister Kerenskii had sensed trouble and hence left the city to summon troops.

•  In the morning, military men loyal to the government seized the buildings of two Bolshevik newspapers.

•  Pro-government troops were sent to take over the telephone and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace.

• The Military Revolutionary Committee moved swiftly and ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers.  

• Later in the day, the ship Aurora shelled the Winter Palace.

• Various other vessels sailed down the Neva and took over various military points.  

• The city was under the Committee’s control by night and the ministers had surrendered.  

• At a meeting of the All Russian Congress of Soviets in Petrograd, the Bolshevik action was approved by the majority.  

• By December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area.

FEBRUARY REV:

February Revolution in Petrograd

Events

• In the winter of 1917, Petrograd was grim.  

→ There was a food shortage in the quarters of workers.  

• On 22th February, a lockout took place at a factory.  

→ Workers of 50 other factories joined in sympathy.  

→ Women also led and participated in the strikes. This came to be called the International Women’s Day.

• The government imposed a curfew.

• On the 24th and 25th, the government called out the cavalry and police to keep an eye on them.

• On 25th February, the government suspended the Duma and politicians spoke against this measure.

• On 27th February, the police headquarters were ransacked.

→ Cavalry was called out again.

→ An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and other regiments mutinied, voting to join the striking workers gathered to form a Soviet or council. This was the Petrograd Soviet.

• A delegation went to meet the Tsar, military commanders advised him to abdicate.

• On 2nd March, the Tsar abdicated.

• Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country.

PLEASE MARK BRAINLIEST