9th Class Social Science Socialism in Europe & the Russian Revolution Question Bank Long Answer Type - Socilism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

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    State the main events leading to the February Revolution in Petrograd. 

    Answer:

    All the workers' quarters and factories were located on the right bank of the river Neva. On the left bank were the fashionable areas, the Winter Palace official buildings and the palace where Duma met. In February 1917, then was severe food shortage in workers' quarters. On 22 February, a lockout tool place at a factory leading to a strike by the workers. In other factories also workers went on strikes and women led the way to the strikes. This came be called, 'The International Women's Day'. The workers ultimately Crosse the river and surrounded the official buildings in protest. The government imposed a curfew and called out the cavalry and police to keep a check them.


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