The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war. The Russian Revolution can also be seen as the precursor for the other European revolutions that occurred during or in the aftermath of World War I, such as the German Revolution of 1918–1919.
Image: Митинг на Невском проспекте (1917)
Image: 19170704 Riot on Nevsky prosp Petrograd
Image: After the capture of the Winter Palace 26 October 1917
Image: Lavr Kornilov troops lay down their arms
The February Revolution, 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.
Protests in Petrograd, March 1917
Students and soldiers firing across the Moyka at the police
The abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March 1917 O.S. In the royal train: Minister of the Court Baron Fredericks, General N. Ruzsky, V. V. Shulgin, A. I. Guchkov, Nicholas II. (State Historical Museum)
Protesters on the Nevsky Prospekt