ABSTRACT
1917
9-13 Feb General strike in Petrograd. Mutiny of two regiments of the garrison. Formation of the Executive Committee of the Provisional Government.
29 Oct Creation of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Petrograd Soviet.
7 Nov Flight of Kerensky’s troops from Petrograd. Arrest of the Provisional Government. Opening of the Second Pan-Russian Congress of Soviets.
8 Nov Formation of the Council of Peoples Commissars (Sovnarkom). A decree is passed placing all land at the disposal of the local Land Committees.
9-13 Nov Defeat of the counterattack by the Cossack Division of the First Army Corps.
15 Nov Victory of the Red Guard in Moscow.
27 Nov Initiation of peace talks with the German High Command.
5 Dec Truce with the Germans signed at Brest-Litovsk.
20 Dec Establishment of the Cheka.
23 Dec The French and British sign a secret agreement giving each other zones of influence within Russia.
