ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the revolutionary events in Russia as stages of the same Russian Revolution that started in February 19171 after the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty and ended in January 1918 with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly by the Bolsheviks. Russia was unrecognisable following the 1917 revolution. The February unrest in Petrograd resulted in the downfall of the autocracy and political freedom unheard of in Russia. An ‘unusual’ representative of the Belarusian national revival of the early 20th century, landlord and public official Roman Skirmunt, will be at the centre of the narrative. The Belarusian movement became more active as late as during the First World War in territories occupied by the German troops. The Bielaruski Nacyjanalny Kamitet comprised representatives of the Socialist wing of the Belarusian movement, which was indicative of Skirmunt’s intent to unite all wings of the Belarusian movement.
