Deseret News archives: Czar Nicholas deposed in 1917, creating a slew of unsolved mysteries
When the riots broke out, Nicholas instructed the city commandant to take firm measures and sent troops to restore order. It ...
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1917: The revolution that had to happen
By February 1917, millions had died at the front and there was near ... Every workplace elected delegates, with the Petrograd Soviet numbering thousands of mandated members. These Soviets represented ...
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How 1917 protest march by 100,000 Russian women birthed International Women's Day
In 1917, when Russia was on the verge of revolution, 100,000 women marched down the streets of the Russian capital Petrograd, demanding bread, improved working conditions, and an end to the rule of ...
How International Women’s Day came to be celebrated on March 8. There’s a Russian connection
The world celebrates International Women’s Day each year on March 8. But did you know that the celebration has a strong Russian link dating back to 1917?
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February 23, 1917. The Revolution in Russia ends tsarism
At the beginning of 1917, the political opposition to tsarism began to unite ... but attempts in this direction were unsuccessful. At the initiative of the Petrograd Soviet, self-governing factory ...
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October 1917: The Bolsheviks Take Power
The Smolny Institute, home to the Petrograd soviet and the Bolshevik Party ... against the young workers’ republic at one time or another between 1917 and 1921, in an attempt to crush it. That these ...
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March 8, first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
On March 8, 1965, the United States landed its first combat troops in South Vietnam as 3,500 Marines arrived to defend the ...
Remembering The Communist Roots Of International Working Women’s Day
International Working Women’s Day was never meant to be a celebration of women’s achievements within capitalism—it was a call to revolution. Its origins lie in the struggles of communist and socialist ...