February Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/february-revolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary location of events?Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), Russia
2. What is the date of tsar's abdication?March 2, 1917 (Old Style calendar)
3. Why did people in Russia want to stop the king in 1917?People were unhappy because the king’s army was losing in World War I, food and fuel were scarce, and many peasants and factory workers lived in poverty. The war made the king look weak and made everyone feel he didn’t care about their suffering.
4. How did the soldiers help the protests in Petrograd?Soldiers from the Petrograd garrison, who were also tired and hungry, joined the protest. They stopped fighting the demonstrators and even turned their guns on the police, so the king could not keep control.

Autocratic Rule: A system of government where one person holds absolute power, like a Tsar.
Dual Power: A situation where two different governing bodies claim authority simultaneously.
Petrograd Soviet: A council of workers' and soldiers' deputies that held significant influence after the revolution.