Today at 12:00 EST (10:00 CET) the February Revolution began

The February Revolution unfolded across Russia, beginning with labor unrest in St. Petersburg. The initial catalyst was a strike at the Putilov factories, where workers protested for increased wages.

Demonstrations subsequently erupted the following day, and the revolution rapidly spread throughout the nation. A photograph depicting a protest in Irkutsk, Siberia, illustrates the scale of the event. The revolution began in February 1917.

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