1917 in Russia
List of events
Events from the year 1917 in Russia .
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March 8
March 12 – The Duma declares a Provisional Government .
March 15 (N.S.) (March 2 , O.S.) – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his and his son's claims. This is considered to be the end of the Russian Empire .
March 17 (N.S.) (March 4 , O.S.) – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne, and power passes to the Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov .
March 25 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores the autocephaly abolished in 1811 .
April 8 (N.S.) (March 26 , O.S.) – In Petrograd , 40,000 ethnic Estonians demand national autonomy .
April 12 (N.S.) (March 30 O.S.) – The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia is formed within Russia from the Governorate of Estonia and the Northern part of the Governorate of Livonia .
April 16
July 6 – World War I :
July 16 –July 17 – Russian troops mutiny, abandon the Austrian front and retreat to the Ukraine ; hundreds are shot by their commanding officers during the retreat.
July 16 –July 18 – Clashes in Petrograd in July Days ; Lenin escapes to Finland ; Trotsky is arrested.
July 20
July 20 –July 28 – WWI: Austrian and German forces repulse the Russian advance into Galicia .
July 30 – The Parliament of Finland is dissolved by the Russian Provisional Government .
September 14 – Russia is declared a republic by the Provisional Government .
September 23 – Leon Trotsky is elected Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet .
September 25 – The Mossovet (Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies) votes to side with the Bolsheviks .
October 25 (O.S.) (November 7 , N.S.) – Traditional beginning date of the October Revolution and Russian Civil War .
November 5 (N.S.) (October 23 , O.S.) – Estonian communists seize power in Tallinn , Autonomous Governorate of Estonia .
Militants from Trotsky's committee join with Bolshevik soldiers to seize government buildings and pounce on members of the provisional government.
November 7
December 6
The Senate of Finland officially declares the country's independence from Russia .
December 20 – The Cheka is established in Russia.
Following the October Revolution , Alexandra Kollontai is appointed People's Commissar for Social Welfare in the Council of People's Commissars of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , making her the first woman cabinet minister in Europe.
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References
^ Prof. Pritam Singh (1993). Punjabi Sahit Di Itihaskari (Punjabi) Historiography of Punjabi Literature . p. 34.
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