1.9 February Revolution of 1917: popular movement or coup?
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Lecture 9. The February Revolution of 1917: A Popular Movement or a Coup?
What were the preconditions for the February Revolution?
Protesting Petrograd: Why did a women's demonstration become a catalyst for revolutionary events?
Dissolve the Duma and create a Provisional Committee: for a change of power or to save the empire?
Why was the Volyn Regiment mutiny one of the key events of the February days of 1917?
Why was Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Kirpichnikov's refusal to obey an order decisive in the fall of the monarchy? The Path of Abdication: Could Nicholas II Have Reached Tsarskoye Selo, and What Would It Have Changed?
Why Did Nicholas II's Younger Brother Not Become Tsar Mikhail II?
How Did Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies Affect the Change in the Structure of Power?
What Did the Provisional Government Aim?
What Did Milyukov Mean When He Said "The Russian Revolution Has Chosen Us"?
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00:00 Preconditions for the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia
03:50 How Did It All Begin?
06:10 Interdistrict Members and Leaflets
09:23 February 23, 1917
10:25 The Last Straw Effect
12:33 Cossacks Begin to Revolt Against the Police
13:07 And What About the Tsar?
16:10 Nicholas II orders the use of armed force against the "Bread Riots"
18:13 February 25, 1917 – troops begin firing on the crowd
19:03 February 26, 1917 – hesitation among the troops, refusal to fire
19:55 February 27, 1917 – soldiers begin firing on officers
22:14 And what does the State Duma do in these circumstances?
26:47 Formation of the Council of Workers' Deputies
31:36 Troops defect to the people
32:45 Threat to the Tsar's Family
33:56 The Great Turmoil Begins
35:19 Appeal to Railway Workers
36:00 On February 28, revolutionary events unfold in Moscow
39:50 Government of People's Trust
41:47 Nicholas II's train arrives in Pskov, the need to make concessions
43:32 March 2, 1917 – Anarchy and abdication as a way to end the revolution
46:32 Troops join the Provisional Government
48:37 Nicholas II agrees to abdicate
50:19 Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
53:49 Negotiations in the Tauride Palace and the decision of the Provisional Government
01:00:03 The end of the history of the Russian monarchy