THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

March 8th (23 February in the Julian calendar) the Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, was the first of the two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It was centered on Petrograd (now known as St. Petersburg), that was the Russian capital, on Women's Day in 8 March. In the photo you can see women in a struggle in Petrograd: textile workers in procession headed towards the town hall to ask for the increase in bread rations to the soldiers' families. The demonstration, not authorized by the unions was made during the commemorations for International Women's Day. This event gave way to the most massive protests which later resulted in the revolution. Photograph, Russia, Petrograd, March 8, 1917. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)