ABSTRACT
The March Revolution was begun from below, overcoming the resistance of its own revolutionary organizations, the initiative being taken of their own accord by the most oppressed and downtrodden part of the proletariat-the women textile workers, among them no doubt many soldiers' wives. About one half of the industrial workers of Petrograd are on strike on March 9th. About fifty workers and twenty soldiers had been gathered in by telephone calls and hand messengers to represent Petrograd. The workers come to the factories in the morning; instead of going to work, they hold meetings; then begins the procession toward the centre. In a totally different way the workers approached the soldiers. About 90,000 workers, men and women, were on strike that day. The movement began in the Vyborg district, with its large industrial establishments; then it crossed over to the Petersburg side.
