From the Tsar to Lenin (1913-1919)

Nicholas II during the Grand Imperial Exit in the Kremlin in 1913. Huntsmen with hunting dogs.

A pack of hunting dogs.

Huntsmen on horseback, with dogs on leashes, ride out on the imperial hunt.

Dogs' faces.

A holiday in one of the provinces of Little Russia, performing the hopak.

Leo Tolstoy with his wife at the entrance to a Moscow estate.

The leader of the Cadet faction, P.N. Milyukov, at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

The work of a fishing cooperative on the Volga.

Women's labor in the Russian Empire: laundresses rinse laundry in an ice hole.

A woman with a child beg.

A vendor at the market.

The daily life of subjects of the Russian Empire.

Cossacks rush like lava through the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin during a holiday.

Parade of His Majesty's Own Convoy.

Soldiers at a rally near the Tauride Palace in Petrograd in the first days of the February Revolution.

State Duma Chairman M.V. Rodzianko, standing by the wall of the Tauride Palace, signs a document brought by the secretary.

A rally in front of the Tauride Palace in the first days of the February Revolution.

Trucks and cars with soldiers on the streets of Petrograd during the February Revolution.

A meeting of the regimental committee.

A panorama of the railway station.

Buildings in Petrograd damaged by fires during the February Revolution.

A soldier knocks symbols of autocracy off the wall of a building with the butt of his rifle.

Milyukov among the rally participants.

Nicholas II and his heir review the parade of their convoy.

The typewritten text of Nicholas II's abdication.

The arrival of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich at the palace.

A rally on a street in Petrograd.

The handwritten text of Mikhail's abdication.

A panorama of the rally on Nevsky Prospect in early March 1917. Prisoners released from prison are released.

Participants in a rally greet those released from prison.

An officer delivers a speech to the released prisoners; after his speech, they begin to rock him.

Soldiers welcome the news of Nicholas II's abdication.

A memorial demonstration in Petrograd for the funeral of the victims of the February Revolution on April 5, 1917. Participants in the demonstration carry coffins on stretchers.

A view of part of the mass grave on the Field of Mars with the coffins placed in it.

The columns of the memorial demonstration move through the streets of Petrograd; banners with slogans hang above the columns of demonstrators.

Participants in the rally greet Vera Zasulich.

Vera Zasulich, M.V. Rodzianko, A.I. Guchkov, and P.N. Milyukov are among the participants in the memorial demonstration.

Menshevik leader Tsereteli among the participants of one of the rallies.

Rodzianko, Milyukov, Chkheidze on the steps of the Tauride Palace among the members of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies.

A meeting of the Petrograd Soviet, chaired by Chkheidze (panorama).

Chairman of the Provisional Government Prince G.E. Lvov among the participants of the meeting.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Milyukov at the entrance to the Tauride Palace.

Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet Chkheidze during the meeting.

Faces of representatives of various parties of the Petrograd Soviet - Chkheidre N.S., Avksentyev N.D., Kamenev L.B., Shreider G.I. (single shots and general panorama).

Rodzianko, Milyukov among the participants of the meeting.

Faces of soldiers.

Rallies in Petrograd.

Minister of Justice in the first Provisional Government Kerensky A.F. stands by his car surrounded by his admirers.

Arrival of Plekhanov G.V. at the Tauride Palace, people greet him at the car.

Plekhanov G.V. in the Tauride Garden. V. L. Burtsev speaks with an officer.

The face of the Minister of Agriculture, V. M. Chernov.

Kerensky speaks from the balcony of the Moscow Soviet building in the summer of 1917; rally participants greet Kerensky.

Kerensky arrives at the Bolshoi Theater for a meeting of the State Conference in August 1917. Kerensky in front of the entrance to the Bolshoi Theater.

Demonstration in support of Kerensky.

Kerensky by his car in March 1917. Rallies and demonstrations in Petrograd. V. I. Lenin speaks on Red Square on the day of Sverdlov's funeral, March 18, 1919. Panorama and views of the May Day rally in Petrograd in 1917; L. B. Kamenev delivers a speech. L. D. Trotsky delivers a speech while standing on the step of a passenger carriage.