Provisional Government timeline

Provisional Government timeline 

March 1st: The leaders of France and Britain formally recognise the Provisional Government as the official government of Russia.

March 2nd: The tsar met by the Duma’s Provisional Government committee, who demand his abdication. After consulting with his generals, Nicholas abdicates in favour of his brother Michael.

March 3rd: Nicholas’ brother refuses the throne unless it is offered to him by a constituent assembly elected by the people. This ends more than 300 years of Romanov rule.

March 3rd: The Provisional Government issues a set of liberal principles by which it intends to govern. This includes improvements to civil rights and freedoms, amnesties for political prisoners and the organisation of elections for a Constituent Assembly.

March 9th: Nicholas II and his family are detained under house arrest.

March 12th: The Provisional Government issues a decree abolishing the death penalty.

April 3rd: Lenin returns to Russia with the assistance of the German government. On arrival, he delivers a speech at Finland Station, which forms the basis of the April Theses.

April 18th: Foreign minister Pavel Milyukov informs the Allies by telegram that Russia intends to remain in the war until its completion. This telegram is leaked to the press, sparking a large public demonstration in Petrograd.

April 24th: Milyukov resigns. Six Menshevik and SR delegates join the Provisional Government, while Alexander Kerensky replaces Guchkov as war minister.

June 3rd-24th: The First All-Russia Congress of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Soviets opens; it is dominated by Mensheviks and SR delegates.

June 18th: On…