July Days

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July Days was a brief but intense period of armed demonstrations and political unrest in Petrograd in July 1917 that exposed the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government and boosted Bolshevik influence ahead of the October Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed demonstration
event in the Russian Revolution
political unrest
hasCause continuation of Russia’s participation in World War I
discontent with the Russian Provisional Government
economic hardship in Petrograd
land and food shortages
hasCountry Russian Republic
hasEndDate 1917-07-07
hasFormerCountry Russian Empire
hasGeographicFocus Nevsky Prospekt
Tauride Palace
hasHistoricalSignificance helped radicalize sections of workers and soldiers
turning point in the struggle between Bolsheviks and the Provisional Government
hasKeyFigure Alexander Kerensky
Grigory Zinoviev
Leon Trotsky
Lev Kamenev
Pavel Dybenko NERFINISHED
Vladimir Lenin
hasLocation Petrograd
hasMilitaryAspect armed demonstrations by soldiers and sailors
hasNature anti-government demonstration
spontaneous uprising
hasOpposingForce Petrograd authorities
forces loyal to the Provisional Government
hasOutcome Lenin going into hiding
arrest of several Bolshevik leaders
boost to Bolshevik influence in the long term
discrediting of moderate socialist leaders
exposure of the weakness of the Russian Provisional Government
increased repression of Bolsheviks by the Provisional Government
temporary setback for the Bolsheviks
hasParticipant Bolsheviks
Kronstadt sailors
Petrograd garrison soldiers
Russian Provisional Government
industrial workers in Petrograd
hasPoliticalContext Russian Revolution of 1917
dual power of Soviets and Provisional Government
hasRelatedEvent February Revolution
Kornilov Affair
October Revolution
hasResult Bolshevik Party declared semi-illegal
Bolshevik press suppressed
Pravda offices raided
hasSlogan All power to the Soviets
hasStartDate 1917-07-03
hasTimePeriod July 1917


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