Latest from #1917LIVE: Tsar’s family arrested, rise of Soviets, Trotsky on his way to Russia

Published time: 2 Apr, 2017 10:23Edited time: 2 Apr, 2017 11:07 The winds of change are blowing through the Russian Empire after the February Revolution toppled the old order – the former Tsar is now under arrest. Stay up to date with the latest news from the 1917 Russia. Once the Autocrat of All Russia, […]

#1917LIVE: Russian revolution begins

Tsar Nicholas’s train arrives in Mogilev. The job of guarding the estate at Tsarskoe Selo, outside Petrograd, is left to his Private Guard, Private Convoy and the special officers assigned to guard the estate. Until the previous night, the Tsar was being told by Interior Minister Protopopov that the situation in Petrograd had been taken […]

Revolution begins: Mass protests, bloody uprising & Tsar abdicates (#1917LIVE coverage)

An all-out strike in Petrograd, bread shortages, looting, anarchy will shake Russia in March 1917, pushing Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate. #1917LIVE – RT’s social media real time drama of the events from 100 years ago – is nearing its first climax. In early March 1917, Russia is in total mayhem with an all-out strike […]