How did the Petrograd Soviet connect workers and soldiers in the February Revolution?

Correct answer: By bringing them into a common representative council

Direct answer: Option A, by bringing workers and soldiers into a common representative council. The Petrograd Soviet was a council of representatives. During the February Revolution, workers and soldiers were both major forces: workers organised strikes and demonstrations, while soldiers controlled weapons and could decide whether to obey the government. When both groups were represented in one Soviet, their demands and decisions could be coordinated. Step by step: workers elected or sent representatives; soldiers did likewise; the council discussed common actions; their combined strength challenged the Tsarist authorities. Option A is correct. Option B is wrong because sending them to separate villages would divide rather than connect them. Option C is wrong because the Soviet did not turn them into the Tsar’s private servants. Option D is wrong because it brought them into political activity instead of removing them from it. Memory cue: Soviet means council; a workers’ and soldiers’ Soviet means organised popular representation.