Funeral of the victims of the February Revolution (1917)

Footage №103874, 1 footage, Duration: 0:02:58

Scene №1 Funeral of the victims of the February Revolution

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A military brass band advances to the Field of Mars to take part in the funeral ceremony for the victims of the February Revolution on March 23, 1917. Soldiers march in formation and out of formation behind the band.

A column of funeral ceremony participants, led by a brass band, moves to the Field of Mars.

Coffins are carried to a mass grave, a type of funeral procession.

A platform over a mass grave, with a banner with a slogan above the platform.

Soldiers lower one of the coffins into the grave and take out the ropes.

Coffins are placed on the bottom of the mass grave.

The funeral procession moves along the Field of Mars, with coffins carried on stretchers.

The funeral procession and units of the Petrograd garrison move along Nevsky Prospekt (above).

Banners with mourning slogans above the columns of the funeral procession.

The funeral procession moves along one of the streets of Petrograd (above).

Representatives of workers and employees stand by a banner with a mourning slogan.

Rodzianko M.V. and Milyukov P.N. are among the funeral participants.

Persons:

Rodzianko Mikhail Vladimirovich - statesman and political figure

Milyukov Pavel Nikolaevich - historian, statesman and political figure, diplomat

Calendar:

23.03.1917

Shooting locations:

Petrograd

Seasons:

Spring

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