Russian Revolution | ||||||||
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Part of World War I and the Revolutions of 1917–23 | ||||||||
Soviets attacking the Tsar's police in the early days of the February Revolution | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Imperial Government(until 15 March) | Petrograd Soviet Socialist Revolutionary Party (until 15 March) | Provisional Government(from 15 March to 8 November) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Nicholas II (until 15 March) | Georgy Lvov (Until 15 March) Leon Trotsky Lev Kamenev | Georgy Lvov(15 March to 21 July) Alexander Kerensky(from 21 July to 7 November) | ||||||
Strength | ||||||||
Russian Army | Red Guards: 200,000 | |||||||
Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet together overthrew Emperor Nicholas but both became enemies after February Revoultion and Russia remained under dual control of these two until October Revolution |
The Russian Revolution was a series of revolutions in the Russian Empire from 1905 to 1917. The events destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and helped to create the Soviet Union, which lasted from 1922 to 1991.