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   Make two lists : One with the main events and the effects of the February Revolution and the other with the main events and effects of the October Revolution. Write a paragraph on who was involved in each and who were the leaders.                          

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                  Events and Effects of the February Revolution 1. 22nd February, 1917 Lockout of a factory on the right bank. Effect - the next day, the workers of 50 factories went on strike in sympathy. 2. 24th and 25th February Demonstrators came back on the streets and were dispersed by imposing curfew. 3. 25th February The government suspended the Duma. Politicians criticised the measure. 4. 26th February Demonstrators returned in force to the streets. 5. 27th February Workers ransacked the Police Headquarters. 6. 2nd March The Tsar abdicated. Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a Provincial Government to run the country. No political party was actively organising the February Revolution. Men and women workers were involved in this movement who were supported by the soldiers. Events and Effects of the October Revolution 1. 16th October, 1917 Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a socialist seizure of power. It led to the formation of a Military Revolutionary Committee for seizure of power. 2. 24th October Uprising began. The buildings of two Bolshevik newspapers were seized by the military men loyal to the government. 3. On the same day pro-government troops were sent to take over telephone and telegraph offices and protect the Winter Palace. 4. Responding to the Government's action, the Military Revolutionary Committee seized the government offices and arrested the ministers. 5. The navy played a significant role in the assault of the Winter Palace. 6. The revolutionaries took over different military points. 7. By nightfall, the city was under the committee's control and the ministers had surrendered. 8. By December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow Petrograd area. The Bolsheviks were involved mainly in the October Revolution. Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotskii were the main leaders of the Revolution.