History
The February Revolution in Petrograd
Practice questions
Why is Petrograd's geographical division useful for understanding the February Revolution?Workers' areas being on the right bank of the Neva helps explain what?Why was the location of the Winter Palace and government buildings on the left bank important for demonstrators?Why is the factory lockout of 22 February linked with the beginning of the movement?What became clear from the strike of about fifty factories on 23 February?Women workers leading the strike shows which change in the February Revolution?What was the connection of International Women's Day with the movement on 23 February?Moving towards Nevsky Prospekt shows which strategy of the demonstrators?What does it mean that the early demonstrations of the February Revolution were not fully organised by any political party?What condition of the movement is shown by the government's response of imposing curfew?What does the repeated return of demonstrators on 24 and 25 February prove?Calling cavalry and police shows which policy of the Tsarist government?The suspension of the Duma on 25 February increased which political problem?Duma leaders opposing the Tsar's orders indicated which change?Why was the return of protest to the streets of the left bank on 26 February important?Why did bread wages and democracy appear together in slogans of 27 February?The demand for better working hours reflects which problem of workers?How does the demand for democracy make the February Revolution different from a purely economic movement?Why was the cavalry's refusal to fire on demonstrators a decisive turn?What did the mutiny of infantry regiments indicate for Tsarism?