The First Russian Revolution Erupted In The Streets Of Petrograd

The Russian Revolution of 1917

On March 8, 1917, the first Russian Revolution erupted in the streets of Petrograd. This revolution was the first step towards a new government in Russia. The revolution began when Emperor Nicholas Romanov II abdicated the throne, and Russian officials replaced him with a provisional republican government. The working class, whose anger towards the monarchy over food rationing, played a major role in the revolution because they had originally been upset with the monarchy. Each day, the revolution grew larger as more citizens joined. Though this revolution lasted eight days, it was only the beginning as the working class would strike again in November of 1917. This essay will examine the events leading up to

It “created long lines for bread, although there was no actual shortage of this basic article of diet.” The violent revolution began in 1917. The military and the police were engaged in them. There were attempts made to stop the protesters, but the rioters persisted. This revolution was no longer a simple protest that the government could control. An American journalist, who was a guest at the American Embassy, James L. Houghteling, arrived by train in Petrograd, and after exiting the train, knew that the revolution had started. He wrote: “Not a vehicle in sight, except a stray truck-sledge or two, not a street-car on that usually busy square … A workman came and explained, and then showed me by gestures, that there had been a shooting.” Another account of the scene was recorded by an American journalist, John Reed. Reed was on the streets of Petrograd when the workers began to revolt. Grabbing their guns, they headed for the streets, and began their rioting. The police attempted to maintain order, but their efforts failed. The revolution was no longer just about food; it had evolved into something much more serious for the citizens of Russia. There was anarchy in the capital and the government was failing. The people were revolting against the police and the monarchy

Russia was no longer a monarchy: it was a provisional government. Even though the provisional government was formed to rule over Russia, it never truly did. Other groups, such as the Bolsheviks, attempted to assume power in Russia. With the February Revolution coming to a close, the Bolsheviks had an opportunity to gain the power lost by the Romanovs. Around the time of the provisional government, a Russian Menshevik Internationalist named N. Sukanov recorded his personal experience describing the series of events that happened when the government arose. He discussed how problems were resolved: “any differences within the party were then expressed externally only in the degree of exasperation with the democracy and the Soviet.” Leon Trotsky, a key Bolshevik organizer, discussed the history of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk. He said that the power of the monarchy would eventually end up in the hands of the workers: “the victorious Course of a revolution would inevitably place the power of the State in the hands of the proletariat, supported by the wide masses of the poorest peasantry.” Trotsky also went into detail posing the question that if the revolution came about in a more civil and peaceful way, but because of the ongoing war, it affected the series of events of the revolution. He posed many hypotheticals about the tactics of the revolution. By peacefully starting the revolution, more problems