jan 17, 1917 - Russia: February Revolution; establishment of provisional government; tsar abdicates

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--> Unplanned uprisings accompanied by violent street demonstrations begun in March 1917 (old calendar February) in Petrograd, Russia, that led to the abdication of the tsar and the establishment of a provisional government.
--> Had to share power with Petrograd Soviet (or council) of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
-------> A huge, fluctuating mass meeting of two to three thousand workers, soldiers, and socialist intellectuals modeled on the revolutionary soviets (or councils) of 1905.

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