Question

describe the main events that led to the February revolution in retrograd

Answer 1

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The main events that led to the February Revolution in Petrograd were :

• On 22nd February, a lockout took place at a factory on the right bank of the river Neva in Petrograd.

• On 23 February, workers in fifty factories called a strike in sympathy. In many factories, women led the strikes. Demonstrating workers crossed from the factory quarter's to the centre of the capital, The Nevskii Prospect.

• Government imposed a curfew, causing the demonstrators to disperse, but they came back on 24th and 25th.

• On the 25th February, the Tsar suspended the Duma. This caused widespread anger. Ultimately, after a resigned delegation of workers met the Tsar, he on second March, following the militaries advice.

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