What happened during the February and the October Revolution?
The February Revolution (1917) was the first stage of the Russian Revolution. The February Revolution took place in March 1917 of the modern calendar (Gregorian calendar). In the calendar Russia was using at the time (Julian calendar), the events occurred in February, which would explain the revolution’s name (which is the same for the October/November revolution). The First World War caused a very bad economy for Russia. Food was in short supply and this led to rising prices. By January 1917 the prices in Petrograd had increased six times. Industrial workers went on strike in Petrograd, to try to get higher wages, and people took to the street demanding food. On the 11th of February, 1917, a large crowd marched through the streets of Petrograd breaking shop windows and shouting anti-war slogans. The situation got worse on the 22nd of February, when the owners of the Putilov Iron Works locked out its workforce after they demanded higher wages. Led by Bolshevik agitators (people who tri
