Define October and February revolution in Russian revolution?
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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.