Petrograd Soviet

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political organization revolutionary council soldiers' council soviet workers' council

The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political organization → revolutionary council → soldiers' council → soviet → workers' council →
alsoKnownAs	Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies →
composedOf	soldiers' deputies → workers' deputies →
country	Russia → Russian Empire →
dissolved	1918 →
followedBy	Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Red Army Deputies →
governed	Petrograd garrison →
hasRole	revolutionary authority → rival government →
headquartersLocation	Tauride Palace →
ideology	Marxism → revolutionary socialism → socialism →
inception	1917 →
influenced	soldiers' committees → workers' strikes in Petrograd →
issued	Order No. 1 →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Petrograd Governorate →
locatedInTime	February Revolution → October Revolution → Russian Revolution of 1917 →
location	Petrograd → Saint Petersburg →
nativeLabel	Петроградский Совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов →
opposedTo	Russian Provisional Government →
partOf	Russian Revolution → dual power in Russia →
playedRoleIn	establishment of Soviet power in Russia → overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government →
politicalAlignment	Bolsheviks → Mensheviks → Socialist Revolutionaries →
precededBy	Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies →
significance	center of dual power in Petrograd → key revolutionary body in 1917 →
significantEvent	Order No. 1 →
significantFigure	Alexander Kerensky → Irakli Tsereteli → Leon Trotsky → Nikolai Chkheidze →
typeOfElectoralSystem	indirect election by factories and military units →
usedAsSeatOfPowerBy	Bolsheviks →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Petrograd Soviet ("Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies") →	alsoKnownAs
Russian Provisional Government →	coexistedWith
Petrograd Soviet ("Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Red Army Deputies") →	followedBy
July Days ("Petrograd authorities") →	hasOpposingForce
Kornilov Affair →	hasParticipant
Tauride Palace →	housed
Petrograd Soviet ("Петроградский Совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов") →	nativeLabel
Kornilov Affair →	opponent
Russian Provisional Government →	opposedBy
April Crisis of 1917 ("Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies") →	participant
Mensheviks →	participatedIn
October: Ten Days That Shook the World →	portraysOrganization
Russian Revolution →	significantOrganization