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International Women's Day, 1917, in St. Petersburg/Petrograd, Russia, marked the start of the Russian Revolution. The dates were March 8th to the 12th on the Gregorian calendar. This is the current common calendar.
In Russia at the time, the Romanov dynasty had never implemented the change to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calendar, as most all other countries had already done. There is a discrepancy between the two systems, which at the time caused the Julian calendar to be 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. So according to Russian calendars at the time, the dates of the uprising were February 23rd to the 27th on the Julian caledar. This being the case the event became known as the February, rather than the March Revolution.
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What was the overthrow of the czar by the Russian people called?
That overthrow was called the February Revolution.
What were the three stages of the Russian Revolution?
The three stages of the "Russian Revolution" were the 1905 Revolution after Bloody Sunday, the February Revolution of 1917 and the October Revolution of 1917.
When did the Russian Revolution occur?
The "Russian Revolution" that everyone is familiar with occurred in 1917. It consisted of two separate rebolutions, the February Revolution and the October Revolution.
What revolution did Lenin lead?
Lenin's Revolution is known as the October Revolution of 1917 or the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. There had been another Russian Revolution in 1917 called the February Revolution, but Lenin did not figure in that at all. He rose to power because of the October Revolution.
What was the revolution in Russia during World War 1 called?
The Russian Revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. This took place during the year 1917, while World War I was still going.
