The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power

The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power
ISBN-10
9004225609
ISBN-13
9789004225602
Category
History
Pages
711
Language
English
Published
2018
Publisher
Historical Materialism Book
Author
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Description

Part I. Russia and the First World War -- Russia enters the war -- The political crisis of the summer 1915 -- Deepening gulf: the government and the liberals, 1916 -- Petrograd during the war -- The war and the workers -- The war and the revolutionary parties -- Part II. On the eve -- The tsar, the tsarina, and the government -- The security of Petrograd -- The liberal opposition -- The liberals, conspiracies, and the freemasons -- The workers and the revolutionary parties -- Part III. The uprising -- The beginning: February 23 -- The second day: February 24 -- The general strike: February 25 -- Bloody Sunday: February 26 -- The insurrection, February 27 -- Part IV. The Petrograd Soviet and the Duma Committee -- The formation of the Petrograd Soviet -- The formation of the Duma Committee -- The first steps of the Duma Committee -- The Petrograd Soviet and the masses -- The 'transfer' of power -- Part V. The abdication of Nicholas II -- Nicholas II and the revolution -- The Duma Committee and the monarchy -- The Stavka and counterrevolutionary attempts -- The abdication of Nicholas II -- The Duma Committee's delegates -- Part VI. The formation of the Provisional Government and the birth of dual power -- The formation of the Provisional Government -- Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich's renunciation of the throne -- The Provisional Government, the State Duma, and the birth of dual power -- Conclusion

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