Text. Movie 1954. Orwell photo. History - Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Orwell portrait. George Orwell - Complete works, Biography, Quotes, Essays. Orwell photo. Art. Art. Art. Art. Art. Art. Russian Revolution — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts. The February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar until February 1918) began on March 8, 1917 (or February 23 on the Julian calendar), when demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now called St. Petersburg). Supported by huge crowds of striking industrial workers, the protesters clashed with police but refused to leave the streets. On March 10, the strike spread among all of Petrograd’s workers, and irate mobs destroyed police stations.
Several factories elected deputies to the Petrograd Soviet, or council, of workers’ committees, following the model devised during the 1905 revolution. On March 11, the troops of the Petrograd army garrison were called out to quell the uprising. The imperial government was forced to resign, and the Duma formed a provisional government that peacefully vied with the Petrograd Soviet for control of the revolution. Bread riots. Bread lines. February Revolution 1917. Czar Nicholas II. AF compared to RR.