Mention any five effects of the Petrograd Revolution.
Effects of the Petrograd Revolution
1. On Sunday 25 February 1917, the government suspended Duma. Politicians spoke out against the measures.
2. The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread wages, better hours and democracy.
3. The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry once again. However the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators.
4. An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and three other regiments mutinied, voting to join the striking workers.
5. By the evening soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a soviet or council in the same building as the Duma met. This was the Petrograd Soviet.
