Domestic newsreel of 1917 (1917)

Ceremonial formation of troops on Red Square in March-April 1917 during a prayer service (panorama).

Panorama of Palace Square during a rally.

Soldiers at a train before being sent to the front.

People catch leaflets on one of the squares of Petrograd.

Leaflets being dropped on the streets of Petrograd from passers-by, cars, motorcycles, trams in December 1917 during agitation for elections to the Constituent Assembly.

Panorama of part of the rally on the Field of Mars in the summer of 1917, speakers speaking.

Representatives of the army at one of the rallies with banners in their hands.

Trotsky L.D. speaking from the rostrum.

Red Guards and revolutionary sailors at the gates of Smolny in the October days of 1917. Units of the Red Guard advance on foot to Gatchina.

Faces of soldiers and officers (panorama).

Armored cars near the Tauride Palace in March-April 1917 (panorama).

Workers and workers of one of the Petrograd factories leave the enterprise.

Views of the streets of Petrograd in February 1917 (top), people gather in columns of demonstrations.

Leaflets are scattered on the streets of Petrograd during the elections of the Constituent Assembly in December 1917. A rally on Voznesenskaya Square near the monument to Alexander III. Demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd.

Panorama of the meeting hall of the State Duma in the Tauride Palace (top).

A rally at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in February 1917. Faces of participants in one of the rallies.

Rallies and demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd in 1917. Text of the announcement of the commander of the troops of the Petrograd District, General Khabalov.

Soldiers of the military unit that went over to the side of the people in formation, the carrying out of the red banner.

Participants in the rallies welcome the news of the abdication of the Tsar.

A soldier knocks a double-headed eagle off the façade of a building with the butt of his rifle.

Demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd.

The text of the RSDLP's appeal to the citizens of Russia in connection with the February Revolution.

Removal of the signboard of suppliers to His Majesty's court from the façade of a building.

Cars and trucks with revolutionary soldiers drive down the street.

Soldiers shoot in the air while standing on an armored car.

The burnt-out building of the Court of Justice.

Soldiers' demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd.

Soldiers guard the entrance to the territory of the Tauride Palace.

A rally in front of the entrance to the Tauride Palace. V. M. Purishkevich speaks at a rally in front of soldiers.

The text of the appeal of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma signed by M. V. Rodzianko.

Rodzianko among the members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma.

The face of the first head of the Provisional Government, Prince G. E. Lvov. P. N. Milyukov among the participants of the rally.

Kerensky, A.F., among his supporters and admirers.

A meeting of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies with the participation of Chkheidze, N.S. (panorama).

A soldiers' demonstration on the streets of Petrograd.

Breaking down prison bars.

The exit of released political prisoners from prison.

Released prisoners and soldiers greeting the revolution during a rally.

A fragment of the text of V.I. Lenin's work, published in a newspaper.

Lenin's portrait.

A rally in Moscow at the Iversky Gate.

Leaflets being distributed from the back of a truck.

Rallies and demonstrations on the streets of Moscow and Petrograd, faces of rally participants.

Actors from Durov's theater dressed as Protopopov and Rasputin sit on the lid of a coffin with the inscription "Old Regime", with V.L. Durov standing nearby.

An elephant from Durov's theater takes a red flag with its trunk at a rally.

Revolutionary soldiers escort arrested police officers to the Moscow City Duma building.

Faces of arrested police officers.

Loading sacks of grain onto sleds.

Students who have enlisted in the police force at the entrance to the Prechistenskaya unit.

Student police officers with rifles take turns at their posts.

Revolutionary soldiers cordoned off at the walls of the Butyrka prison.

Demonstrations on the streets of Moscow and Petrograd.

Panorama of a soldier's rally in the rear of the front line, soldiers and officers greeting the revolution.

Meeting of military representatives of the Entente countries.

Commander of the Petrograd Military District, General L.G. Kornilov, on horseback during the May Day parade of 1917 on Palace Square.

Troops of the Petrograd garrison march across Palace Square.

Commander-in-Chief General M.V. Alekseev among the military.

Cavalry marches across Palace Square.

The head of the Moscow garrison, Lieutenant Colonel A.E. Gruzinov, on horseback, greets the troops during the parade on Red Square on March 4, 1917. The color crew of one of the regiments in parade formation.

Foreign military attachés on Red Square.

Gruzinov greets the passing troops.

Officers march in formation across Red Square.

A soldiers' rally at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in February 1917.

A soldier standing on a ladder leaning against a wall knocks a double-headed eagle off the facade of a building with the butt of a rifle in Petrograd in March 1917. Symbols of autocracy knocked off the walls and facades of a building.

Demonstration in Petrograd.

Faces of revolutionary soldiers in October 1917. Milyukov P.N. among the participants of the rally.

General Kaledin A.M., ataman of the Terek Cossack Army Karaulov M.A. talk with Rodzianko M.V. before the start of the State Conference in Moscow in August 1917. The face of Trotsky L.D. Fence fragments and construction waste in front of the Winter Palace in October 1917 (panorama).

A flag with the inscription "RSFSR" flutters.

View of the Singer House in Petrograd.

Panorama of the building.

Rally on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument.

Panorama of the wall of a building in Moscow damaged by shell fragments during the October battles of 1917. An artillery crew sets up a gun on the street.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government Milyukov P.N. at the entrance to the building.

Minister of War Guchkov A.I. comes out of the doors, stops, and leaves.

Panorama and views of the hall of the Tauride Palace during the sessions of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (above).

View of part of the balconies of the hall of the Tauride Palace.

Deputies of the State Duma, military personnel, and ministers of the Provisional Government pass by.

Rodzianko M.V. at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in September 1917, during the work of the Democratic Conference.

Caricature of Rodzianko.

Purishkevich V.M. gets into a carriage.

Caricature of Purishkevich.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milyukov P.N. leaves the building of the Tauride Palace.

Caricature of Milyukov.

Minister of War Guchkov A.I. stands near the building of the Tauride Palace.

Caricature of Guchkov.

Participants of the Democratic Conference near the building of the Tauride Palace during a break in the meeting.

Deputies in the meeting hall of the State Duma (fragment of the film "The Return of Maxim").

Panorama and views of the hall of the Tauride Palace during meetings of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies (from above).

Moscow students who signed up for the police stand with rifles at the gates of the Prechistensky police station.

Arrested police officers at the building of the Moscow City Duma under the escort of revolutionary soldiers.

Kerensky A.F. among his supporters and admirers in March 1917. Deputies of the Petrograd Council of Soldiers' Deputies at the entrance to the Tauride Palace, among them Chkheidze N.S. (panorama).

Milyukov P.N., Rodzianko M.V. and members of the Provisional Government at the entrance to the Tauride Palace (panorama).

Minister of Justice Kerensky A.F. at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in March 1917. Kropotkin P.A. with his wife at the entrance to the building.

Kerensky with a naval adjutant in the back seat of a departing car.

Kerensky among his supporters in the summer of 1917, those present begin to rock Kerensky.

Milyukov's face.

Purishkevich V.M. gets into the carriage.

Portrait of Purishkevich.

General Kaledin AM, ataman of the Terek Cossack Army Karaulov MA talk with Rodzianko MV before the start of the session of the State Conference in Moscow in August 1917. Admiral Kolchak AV on the deck of a warship.

The face of Plekhanov GV, standing on the park path.

General Brusilov AA sits at the table over a map.

Representatives of the clergy and ministers of the Provisional Government among the participants of the Democratic Conference.

Chairman of the Petrograd Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies Chkheidze NS, with a cloak in his hands, stands by a poster pasted to the wall of the building.

Minister of the Provisional Government Nekrasov NV stands at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

Plekhanov stands on the park path, military personnel pass behind him.

Kropotkin PA and his wife stand at the entrance to the building.

Rodzianko MV signs a document.

Women are sitting at a round table on the veranda, talking, reading a newspaper.

A woman gets into a cab on a street in Petrograd.

Removing the sign of the Supplier to His Majesty's Court from the facade of a building in Petrograd during the February Revolution of 1917. A soldier, standing on a ladder leaning against the wall, knocks the symbol of autocracy off the facade of a building.

Soldiers' demonstration in Petrograd (top).

Soldiers, standing on an armored car, give a rifle salute in honor of the revolution.

Participants in rallies in Petrograd welcome the overthrow of the autocracy.

People on the streets of revolutionary Petrograd.

Soldiers hold a flag with a slogan.

Views of demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd.

View of part of the rally on Voznesenskaya Square near the monument to Alexander III. Demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd in early March 1917. Soldiers of one of the regiments that went over to the side of the people with a red banner in the courtyard of the barracks.

Participants in the rallies welcome the overthrow of the autocracy, waving their hands and hats.

Rallies and demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd.

Text of the Manifesto of the RSDLP. Removal of the sign of the Supplier to His Majesty's Court from the facade of a building in Petrograd during the February Revolution of 1917. Soldiers standing on an armored car give a rifle salute in honor of the revolution.

Soldiers' demonstration under the slogan of support for the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies.

Breaking down prison window bars.

Participants in the rallies wave their hands and hats, faces of the participants in the rallies.

Rally on the square in front of St.

Isaac's Cathedral.

Cars drive up to the Winter Palace.

Panorama of the rally on the Field of Mars, speakers speaking.

Panorama of part of the May Day demonstration of 1917 on Nevsky Prospect.

Panoramas of rallies on Nevsky Prospect, speakers speaking.

Panorama of the May Day rally on the Field of Mars.

Types of rallies in the center of Petrograd.

Columns of demonstration on the streets of Petrograd on May 1, 1917. Rallies and demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd in March-June 1917, leaflet distribution, people catching leaflets.

Speakers speaking at rallies.

Armed soldier demonstrations in Petrograd, alternating with fragments of the film "October".

Types of demonstrations in Petrograd in June 1917. Solemn demonstrations on the streets of Petrograd in March 1917. The movement of the demonstration from the Tauride Palace, a column of children passes, the participants of the demonstration carry banners with slogans.

Revolutionary sailors at a machine gun on one of the streets of Petrograd in October 1917, a gun crew on one of the streets of Petrograd.

Movement of demonstration columns past the Moscow City Duma building during the February events of 1917. Arrested police officers are led under escort to the Moscow City Duma building.

Faces of participants in a revolutionary rally in Moscow.

Arrested police officers at the Moscow City Duma building.

Armed students and soldiers at the Moscow City Duma building (panorama).

Views of moving demonstration columns (top).

Faces of students and soldiers who signed up for the police (panorama).

Views of a demonstration under the slogan of proclaiming a democratic republic.

Demonstrations on the streets of Moscow in the spring of 1917.

Soldiers of the Fifth Army, who arrived in Petrograd to restore order, stationed on Palace Square (panorama).

Troops on one of the bridges across the Neva (panorama).

Panorama of Palace Square in October 1917, stacks of firewood on the square, cadets at their posts.

Panorama of part of Palace Square, barricades of firewood, units of cadets in formation in front of the Winter Palace.

Cadets and officers on Palace Square, building a barricade of firewood in front of the Winter Palace (panorama).

Workers at a Petrograd enterprise exiting a checkpoint.

Women waiting for a grocery store to open on a Petrograd street.

A cordon at the edge of Theatre Square during the State Conference in Moscow in August 1917. A rally on a Moscow street in March 1917. A shop window with broken glass and icicles after a fire was extinguished.

Panorama of the bell tower of the Peter and Paul Fortress (top to bottom).

Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies Chkheidze N.S. among the deputies of the Soviet (panorama).

Rodzianko M.V., Milyukov P.N. at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in the summer of 1917. Minister of Justice Kerensky A.F. at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in March 1917. Kropotkin P.A. with his wife at the entrance to the building.

Panorama of part of the rally at the Kazan Cathedral in the summer of 1917 in Petrograd.

Demonstration in support of the army and the offensive at the front.

Demonstrators carry banners with slogans, followed by a column of naval sailors.

People on the streets of Petrograd in the July days of 1917. Panorama of one of the squares during the rally and demonstration.

Soldiers' rally at the Tauride Palace in the first days of the February Revolution.

A truck with armed soldiers leaves the gates.

Revolutionary troops on the streets of Petrograd during the February Revolution, soldiers in trucks and armored cars.

Cars with revolutionary soldiers on the streets of Petrograd.

Panorama of part of the hall of the Tauride Palace during a regular meeting of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies.

Military personnel at the entrance to the building.

One of the columns of the military demonstration in support of the offensive at the front.

The movement of the columns of the demonstration along the streets of Petrograd.

Columns of cadets and officers pass.

The movement of the demonstration along Sadovaya Street.

A rally near the editorial office of the Novoye Vremya newspaper.

Panorama of part of the rally near the Kazan Cathedral in the summer of 1917 in Petrograd.

The movement of one of the columns of the demonstration across the Anichkov Bridge.

Foreign diplomats and officers of the Entente armies at one of the entrances to the Winter Palace.

Representatives of the clergy and ministers of the Provisional Government among the participants of the Democratic Conference.

Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies Chkheidze N.S. with a raincoat in his hands stands by a poster pasted on the wall of the building.

Minister of Railways Nekrasov N.V. at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

Plekhanov G.V. on the path of the Tauride Garden in the summer of 1917. Kropotkin P.A. with his wife at the entrance to the building.

Members of Tsentrobalt (Central Committee of the Baltic Fleet) at the entrance to the building in Kronstadt in the summer of 1917 (panorama).

Faces of Tsentrobalt members.

An orator addresses a sailors' rally.

View of one of the rallies in March 1917. A soldier at his post at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

Distribution of leaflets on the streets of Petrograd during the campaign for elections to the Constituent Assembly in December 1917. Cabbies' sleighs on the streets of the city.

Participants in one of the rallies greet deputies walking to the Tauride Palace.

Rallies in front of the entrance to the Tauride Palace during the February Revolution of 1917. Demonstrations and rallies on the streets of Petrograd during the February Revolution.