Workers and soldiers gathering in the Duma building was the beginning of which process?

Correct answer: Process of forming the Petrograd Soviet

The gathering of workers and soldiers in the Duma building was connected with the creation of a council representing these revolutionary groups. Such councils were called soviets. In Petrograd, the workers’ and soldiers’ representatives organised the Petrograd Soviet, which became an important centre of political authority during the February Revolution. Its emergence showed that power was no longer resting only with the old Tsarist institutions.

Option A is correct because the gathering marked the process of forming the Petrograd Soviet. The other choices do not fit the historical event: the meeting was not about constructing a palace, establishing foreign rule, or reforming a church tax. The important idea is that workers and soldiers organised themselves politically and created a representative body during the crisis. This development later contributed to the situation of dual power alongside the Provisional Government.