1917 in Russia
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Events from the year 1917 in Russia.
Incumbents
- Nicholas II(until March 15), monarchy abolished
- Chairman of Russian Provisional Government – Georgy Lvov (March 15–July 21); Alexander Kerensky (July 21–November 7)
- Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR – Vladimir Lenin(after November 7)
Events
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- March 8
- (N.S.) (Petrogradcreate riots, which spread throughout the city.
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- March 12 – The Duma declares a Provisional Government.
- 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.
- 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
- (N.S.) (Petrograd.
- Russian General Lemberg.
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- 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.
- Finland; Trotskyis arrested.
- July 20
- The Grand Principality of Finland. The Russian Provisional Governmentdoes not recognize the act.
- (July 7, O.S.) – Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government.
- The Russian Provisional Government enacts women's suffrage.
- The
- 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.
- 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
- (N.S.) (Petrograd Soviet in Russia, led by the Bolshevik Party and leader Vladimir Lenin, storm the Winter Palace and successfully destroy the Kerensky Provisional Government.
- Iran refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution.
- The Parliament of Finland passes another "Sovereignty Act", dissolving Russian sovereignty over Finland.
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- December 6
- The Senate of Finland officially declares the country's independence from Russia.
- December 20 – The Cheka is established in Russia.
- Following the in Europe.
Births
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- 27 November – I. D. Serebryakov, Soviet lexicographer and translator[1]
Deaths
- February 3 – Alexey Abaza, Russian admiral and politician (b. 1853)
- March 14 – Robert Viren, Imperial Russian Navy admiral (b. 1857)
- May 27 – Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Imperial Russian Navy admiral and politician (b. 1843)
- July 15 – Andrey Selivanov, Russian general and politician (b. 1847)
- Boris Stürmer, Russian prime minister (b. 1848)
- December 8 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer (b. 1836)
- December 24 – Ivan Goremykin, Russian prime minister (b. 1839)
- Wladimir Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. 1886)
References
- ^ Prof. Pritam Singh (1993). Punjabi Sahit Di Itihaskari (Punjabi) Historiography of Punjabi Literature. p. 34.
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