After the February Revolution, the whole Petrograd rally. Anarchists, Bolsheviks, Cadets, Socialist -Revolutionaries – a variety of political forces arranged their shares on the streets of the capital.
We prepared a selection of reports about such events from the Petrograd leaflet for 1917. All dates are given according to the Julian calendar (“old style”), author’s spelling and punctuation were preserved. Below are quotes from articles, in full text can be found by links (digitized originals of publications from the funds of the newspaper Department of the Russian National Library).
“Russian-American rally”
“… the mood that dominated yesterday in the Alexander Hall of Mountains. Duma, it was very well described in the speech of the Minister of Railways N.V. Nekrasov. He came from another meeting, English, and noticed the same mood there: the unity of hopes, the aspirations and hope of the great democratic peoples, striving for the same great goal of liberation from the slavery of militarism and imperialism … “
“Petrograd leaf”, April 11, 1917.
“The procession of” small “people”
“The processions of children are touching. Boys, mainly from 5 to 12 years old … go in slender rows. They carry a red poster that reads: “Long live the enlightenment” … In the hands of red flags. Sing work songs … “
“Petrograd leaf”, April 20, 1917
“Monarchist demonstration”
“According to our information on Monday, October 9th, in the Alexandrinsky Theater, during the presentation of the play“ The Death of John the Terrible ”, a monarchist demonstration is prepared. The circle of monarchists bought several lodges and places in the stalls and distributes them to his friends monarchists. There will be applause in those places of the play, which refers to the need for tsarist power, they also intend to tighten the hymn “God, keep the king”
“Petrograd leaf”, October 8, 1917.
“Manifestation on Nevsky Prospekt”
“Yesterday, at 5 hours, a procession appeared on the Nevsky Ave., following from the Admiralty to the Nikolaev station (approx. Now the Moscow Station). One after the other there were 20 trucks with soldiers and civilians. On some trucks there were posters with the inscription “Long live the world” … The audience met this original procession with bewilderment. The Bolsheviks are or impostors – many asked.
“Russian patriots,” answered one of the passengers of the truck.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”
