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Make two lists: one with the main events and the effects of the February Revolution and the other with the main events and effects of the October Revolution. Write a paragraph on who was involved in each, who were the leaders and what was the impact of each on Soviet history.

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February Revolution

Main EventsEffects
On 22 February, a lockout took place at a factory on the right bank of river Neva. The next day, workers in fifty factories called a strike in sympathy. In many factories, women led the way to strikes. The fashionable quarters and official buildings were surrounded by workers.The government imposed a curfew.
Demonstrators dispersed by the evening of 23rd, came back on the 24th and 25th.The government called out the cavalry and police to keep an eye on them. On Sunday, 25 February, the government suspended the Duma.
On the 27th, the Police Headquarters were ransacked. The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread, wages, better hours and democracy.The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry once again. However, the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators. An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and three other regiments mutinied, voting to join the striking workers.
Soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a ‘soviet’ or ‘council. A delegation went to see the Tsar. Military commanders advised him to abdicate.Tsar abdicated on 2 March. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provisional Government to run the country.

The February Revolution initiated a chain of events that led to the collapse of the Tsarist autocracy and the rise of provisional governance. The monarchy was replaced by the Provisional Government, which aimed to create a permanent democratic-parliamentary polity for Russia. After Nicholas II’s abdication, the Provisional Government was formed under the leadership of Georgy Lvov. The February Revolution marked the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

October Revolution

Main EventsEffects
The uprising began on 24 October.Military men loyal to the government seized the buildings of two Bolshevik newspapers. Pro-government troops were sent to take over telephone and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace.
The Military Revolutionary Committee ordered its supporters to seize government offices and arrest ministers. Late in the day, the ship Aurora shelled the Winter Palace. Other vessels sailed down the Neva and took over various military points.By nightfall, the city was under the committee’s control and the ministers had surrendered.
Uprisings took place in other cities.By December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow-Petrograd area.

Lenin, Prime Minister Kerenskii, Leon Trotskii were the major names in October revolution. The October Revolution, driven by Bolshevik ideals, shifted power to the working class and laid the groundwork for the Soviet state.

Both revolutions shaped the course of 20th-century history, influencing global politics, ideology, and social structures

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