Twentieth Century Russia
Professor Knight
Outline #4

1917: The February Revolution.

I. The Fall of the Monarchy

	Three stages to February Revolution
		1) Workers' Movement
		2) Army Mutiny
		3) Political Elites Endorse Revolution

	The Workers' Movement
		Vyborg District
		Punitive conscription
		Polite address ("Vy" instead of "Ty")
		International Women's Day (Feb.23/March 8)
		February 25--General Strike.

	Military Revolt
		February 26--First units refuse to fire on demonstrators
		February 27--Rebellion spreads throughout Petrograd Garrison
		Tauride Palace (House of the Duma)

	Transfer of Political Power
		Provisional Committee of Duma Members
		Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
		Rodzianko (Leader of Duma Committee)
		Shul'gin, Guchkov (Duma representatives present at abdication of Nicholas).
		March 2/15 Tsar abdicates
		Dual Power
		Order #1--Postol'ko-poskol'ko--"in so far as..."

II.  From March to April--the peaceful stage of the Revolution
		The Provisional Government
			Prince George L'vov--Prime Minister
			Pavel Miliukov--Foreign Minister
			Aleksandr Kerensky--Minister of Justice

		Three tasks of the New Government
			1) Revive the War Effort
			2) Establish a New State Structure
			3) Address demands and grievances of social groups

		The Soviet
			Menshevik Leaders--N. Chekheidze, A. Tseriteli, N. Sukhanov
			Socialist Revolutionaries--Viktor Chernov	
			Revolutionary Defensism