Talk:February Revolution

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Edits
Long Term Causes "The causes of this unrest of the common people towards the Tsar and aristocratic landowners are many and can be summarized as the ongoing cruel treatment of peasants by patricians, poor working conditions of city workers in the fledgling industrial economy and the spreading of democratic ideas from the West by political activists, leading to a growing political and social awareness of the lower classes" -- This is a very long sentence.

Short Term Causes "Like all major armies, Russia's armed forces had inadequate supply". -- Supply of what?

Protests "Government corruption was unrestrained, and Tsar Nicholas II had frequently disregarded the Imperial Duma." -- How? Explain!

Gmckay1 (talk) 00:13, 28 October 2017 (UTC)gmckay1

General Comments: Ensure that your opening sentences accurately summarize what you are trying to say in the paragraph.

February Revolution "1,300 people were killed in the protests" change "in" to "during"

Long-term causes "The causes of this unrest of the common people towards the Tsar and aristocratic landowners are many and can be summarized as the ongoing cruel treatment of peasants by patricians, poor working conditions of city workers in the fledgling industrial economy and the spreading of democratic ideas from the West by political activists, leading to a growing political and social awareness of the lower classes". This is a confusing sentence. Consider breaking into various sentences.

Further citations need to be done for this section.

Short-term causes "Bolshevik Party and specifically Vladimir Lenin" consider revising this with commas

Why is "newly called up" officers in parenthesis? Consider revising this to make sure the right information is in parenthesis

"Like all major armies, Russia's armed forces had inadequate supply" Slightly confusing wording.

Towards the February Revolution I would suggest have an opening sentence that summarizes the paragraph.

Protests What is the Nevsky Prospect? make sure that this is linked.

Tsar return and abdication What units switched allegiance? make sure that you explain everything clearly here.

Should "imperial family" be capitalized?

"In the afternoon at 3 o clock" change to "3 o clock in the afternoon"

Government and Petrograd Soviet share power

When did the provisional government declare itself the governing body?

Citation are further needed in this section.

Overall comments: This article is written very well. It successfully outlines why the revolution occurred, what happened during the revolution, and the aftermath following the revolution. However, I would make sure that everything is properly cited and all information stems from sources.

Untitled
Who are some people who took a stand in the Russian Revolution? If you have any ideas to help me please e-mail them to skwrlygal@yahoo.com. Thanks

Some people are the workers in the steel factories of Petrograd.

(edit) -Putilov Steel Works, Petrograd. --SGGH 08:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Neutralism
Don't you think that a sentence such as "Despite his understanding of the needs of the oppressed peoples of Russia" regarding Lenin is a bit un-appropriate for a historical piece? (Lior) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.178.161.174 (talk) 09:58, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

History
I love Wikipedia and use it all of the time. However, there are people who don't because the information stated in it is incorrect. WHOEVER WRITES THE ARTICLES MUST GET THE HISTORY CORRECT! The article states that Nicholas II didn't want to believe the seriousness of the riots in Petrograd that Rodzianko reported to him. This is not the case at all. Rodzianko didn't, in fact, report the seriousness of the riots to the Tsar. He told the Tsar that there were street riots in Petrograd. There were street riots in every major Russian city all of the time during Nicholas's reign. They were almost always dealt with with the city police, and I might add that the police were successful. So why, especially when there was a war in which Russia wasn't doing too well in, should Nicholas bother himself with a common place activity when he had never dealt with it beforehand? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.196.248.97 (talk) 02:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

General
The start of the article talks about "the Emperor". But does this mean the Tsar? Or someone else? I was confused, perhaps this could be clarified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.66.119 (talk) 22:59, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

EDit with more detail
Just added more detail but do not know how to add the links etc so could someone please tidy up for me?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.105.47 (talk) 23:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"(those who had not fled on 29th Feb under the pretense of a power cut)"
More detail is needed to explain this. Was there an actual power cut ? What caused it ? And how did this serve as a pretense for the ministers to flee ? Did they flee the country completely ? StuRat 14:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * russian soldiers died that day because of the chinese pugs that came to attack them. it was a "ruff" war but not the "ruffest" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.157.170.71 (talk) 20:51, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Minor changes, and Tsar/Czar
I've added some more detail regarding the other causes of the revolution that were hinted at in the paragraph about WWI. Also inserted a translation of the meaning of the word Soviet in this context (workers council) and have tried (wherever noticeable) to correct all 'Tsar' to 'Czar'. NOT that there is anything incorrect about Tsar, but the article predominantly uses the term Czar, therefore using both may cause some confusion for readers who do not realise they are the same thing. SGGH 18:42, 19 June 2006 (GMT)


 * in a more modern concept, the Feb revolution is viewed as separate from the Oct revolution. This should be mentioned I believe. Of course this is a matter of historical opinion, but the Feb revolution is more often seen as the revolution that brought about the collapse of the Tsarist regime and not as the first stage of the Russian Revolution as most Marxist historians state. Just an idea... Bogdan1991 22:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Tsar is the more accurate way to translate the Russian word into English. царь is the Russian word for tsar and the letter ц is pronounced with a "ts" sound.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.236.254.220 (talk) 10:47, 24 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: There needs to be a consistency throughout the article. Both the spelling "Tsar" and "Czar" are still being used in the article. Can one be picked please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.7.95.2 (talk) 17:07, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Changed to "Tsar" in this edit. Thanks for bringing it up here. jonkerz ♠talk 17:19, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Referencing
No personal offense intended but; people, where are the references for this article!? What's the point in studying history if there's no proof for the recount of what has taken place? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradley.aitken (talk • contribs) 07:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

A few changes
I made some edits to make this article more neutral and less essayish, clarify some things, and removed some false statements about the Kornilov affair. As a future improvement, I suggest taking out large parts of this article and making separate articles of them, alternatively merging them with other articles. This article should focus on the february revolution, and should not try to cover every event between the february revolution and the october coup. I also agree with the above posters that we need refences, but unfortunately I do not have my reference library at hand. 83.255.1.166 (talk) 18:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Dates
Dates in this article don't match up with dates in Russian Empire: I'm assuming part of the problem is that the other article uses the Gregorian Calendar whilst this uses the Julian. Needs major clarification. Sheriff Bernard (talk) 11:54, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

The article switches between old style dates and new. Very confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.61.169 (talk) 21:05, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

The Tsar's location in 1917
I note that the article suggests that the Tsar returned to Petrograd from Stavka. This in fact was the name given to the supreme headquarters [Wiki 'Stavka']. My research indicates that he was in fact at Mogilev in Belarus at the time. You might want to consider changing this small point.Oasis6767 (talk) 09:52, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

infobox
This infobox is sooo wrong, beginning by October photo. AdjectivesAreBad (talk) 06:36, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

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HON 102 Class Peer Review
In the first section of the article, in the sentence that states "The revolution centered on Petrograd...", maybe we can consider changing "on" to "in" so that the sentence will instead be, "The revolution centered in Petrograd..."

Causes

 * "emphasise" to "emphasize"
 * Citing a professor or historian directly within the article doesn't exactly go along with the tone and environment of Wikipedia so I suggest just writing the information you would like to add from the source and then tag it with the appropriate source in the reference section
 * "... the roots of the February Revolution date much further back." Possibly remove "much" so it reads "... dates further back."
 * capitalized Home Front. Perhaps changing it into lower case?
 * add a clearer definition to the term "defeatists" perhaps in parenthesis following the term.
 * Add a comma after "confidant" --> "... of being a spy and under the thumb of her confidant, Grigori Rasputin,..."

Protests

 * "On Monday 12th (O.S 27th), the Duma remained obedient..." perhaps add the second period after the "S" of old style. Also since the previous paragraph assumedly talks about the previous day, rather than right "On Monday 12th" you can instead just write "On the next day" or something similar.

General Comments

 * watch for the formatting of the dates both NS and OS as the dates in the parenthesis don't particularly coincide with the rest of the article and makes it seem a bit messy.

Mcvillez (talk) 02:40, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

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 * Демонстрация работниц Путиловского завода в первый день Февральской революции 1917.jpg

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 * Автомобиль с вооружёнными солдатами и сотрудниками городской милиции (Петроград, февраль 1917 года).jpg

Towards the February Revolution
What does this mean and how can it be improved :

"When Rasputin was assassinated on 30 December 1916, and the assassins went unchallenged, this was interpreted as an indication of the truth of the accusation his wife relied on the Siberian starets.?"

The grammar suggests that we are talking about Rasputin's wife, who appears to have been far away from Petrograd and politics. How did she rely on the "starets" and what has this to do with the February revolution or the Tsar and his government? Spinney Hill (talk) 09:11, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

History
Couses of the February Revolutions of 1917 in Russia 41.114.171.69 (talk) 18:45, 7 March 2024 (UTC)


 * The causes are set out in the article. Do you want to add something or have a question, the answer to which could improve the article? Spinney Hill (talk) 19:20, 7 March 2024 (UTC)