The State Duma Speaks

One hundred years ago today, plus three, the State Duma, a political relic that the tsar had permitted to exist because it had no real power, denounced Kerensky’s government, which had been styling itself the “Government of Salvation.” This was enough to cause all the ministers to hand in their portfolios, which in turn caused Kerensky to lurch further to the right, opening cabinet negotiations with the Cadets.

Read about it here. Or read the whole chapter on Kerensky’s Government here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

Bolsheviks Unseated

One hundred years ago today, plus three, the post-July Days reaction against the Bolsheviks got the length of booting party members off the Executive Committee of the Soviets.

Read about it here. Or read the whole chapter on Kerensky’s Government here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

Kerensky Prime Minister

One hundred years ago today, plus three, a cabinet reshuffle having been made necessary by the resignation of the bourgeois liberal Cadet ministers some days before, Alexander Kerensky was given another promotion, this time to Prime Minister. He also retained his post as War Minister. A crackdown on the Bolsheviks was part of the program of the new government; Lenin took Stalin’s advice and went into hiding.

Read about it here. Or read the whole chapter on Kerensky’s Government here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

July Days Suppressed

One hundred years ago today, plus three, the largely spontaneous July Days demonstrations were met by an armed reaction the Provisional Government had managed to cobble together. Soon the reaction targeted the Bolshevik party apparatus as well.

Read about it here. Or read the whole second chapter on the July Days here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

The July Days

One hundred years ago today, plus three, the bourgeois-liberal Cadet ministers having resigned their posts in the Coalition Government the day before, the remaining right socialist ministers found the problems caused by the resignations compounded by demonstrations in the capital, Petrograd. Worse still, some of the demonstrators were soldiers of the garrison.

Read about it here. Or read the first chapter on the July Days here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

Summer Offensive?

One hundred years ago today, plus three, the Second Russian Army had captured the German lines in their immediate front. But that was about as far as they were willing to go. And the other Russian armies hadn’t even got started yet

Read about it here. Or read the first chapter on the July Days here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.

June Demonstration

One hundred years ago today, plus three, it was still June in Russia, as they were on the old-style calendar. The Congress of Soviets had called for a demonstration, but the Bolsheviks managed to turn it into a protest of Kerensky’s summer offensive, slated to start that day.

Read about it here. Or read the whole chapter on the June Demonstration here. Or read the whole story from the beginning by following this link.