A machine gun
regiment in Petrograd resolves not to go to the front unless “the war shall
have a revolutionary character.” When threatened with disbandment, they offered
to disband the Provisional Government instead. Another sign of a leftward shift
among the masses.
On the same day,
the skilled workers at the large Putilov factory (36,000 workers in all) struck.
In Pravda, Lenin urged restraint on the
part of the soldiers and workers: “…an immediate attack would be inexpedient.” The
Bolshevik’s Military Organization also warned their Red Guards against faked
summonses to armed demonstration during this time.
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