Politics · March 8, 1917

February Revolution

Name: February Revolution
Start: 1917-03-08
Location: Russian Empire

109 years ago · Russian Empire

109th anniversary

The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.

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The 110th anniversary falls on March 8, 2027.

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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

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Nicholas II of Russia

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1881–1970

Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (4 May 1881 – 11 June 1970) was a Russian politician, lawyer and revolutionary who led the Russian Provisional Government and the short-lived Russian Republic for three months from late July to early November 1917 (N.S.).

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Hebe Camargo

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Bram Stoker

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Otto Hahn

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