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Revolution of 1917 Patrol of the October revolution.jpg Armed
workers and soldiers escorting captured policemen. Petrograd,
1917 Date 8 – 12 March 1917 [O.S. 23 – 27 February] Location
Petrograd, Russia Result Abdication of monarchy in Russia,
creation of Russian Republic; establishment of the dual power
between the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet
Russian Empire Government forces MVD Department of Police City
Army garrison Civilians (female workers) Red Guards (Vasilyevsky
Island) City Army garrison (later days) Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire General Sergei Khabalov (Petrograd MD) Aleksandr
Shlyapnikov, and others  The February Revolution (Russian:
Февра́льская револю́ция, IPA: [fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲʉtsɨjə])
of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It
was centered on Petrograd, then the capital (now St.
Petersburg), on Women's Day in March (