The Great Days of the February Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution in Moscow (1917)

Documentary №74719, 3 parts, duration: 0:09:46
Production: CSDF (RCSDF)

Annotation:

The film tells about the events of the February Revolution in Moscow.

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View of the square in front of the building of the Moscow City Duma during the February Revolution (from above).

People on the square, a panorama of the Iversky Gate.

Panorama and views of the rally on the square in front of the City Duma and the Alexander Garden.

Soldiers of the Moscow garrison units who joined the workers during a rally on the square.

The faces of the rally participants, soldiers salute with rifles, raising them up.

The units of the Moscow garrison, who defected to the side of the revolution, approach the building of the Moscow City Duma.

Columns of workers of Moscow under red banners go to the building of the City Duma.

The participants of the rally greet the next speaker, throw up their hats.

The cavalry brigade of the Moscow garrison is moving through the streets of the city.

One of the artillery teams on Mokhovaya Street.

Artillery pieces on the square in front of the city Duma.

The units of the Moscow garrison are moving towards the Moscow City Duma.

Residents of Moscow greet revolutionary soldiers passing through the streets of the city.

The military in the premises of the Duma are carrying out organizational measures to create the headquarters of the revolutionary armed forces (not sharply, vaguely).

Mounted messengers receive orders from the newly formed headquarters and go with reports, a panorama of the square with troops.

View of the meeting room of the section of soldiers' deputies conducting voting.

A military man on the square reads out the texts of the manifestos on the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II and his brother Grand Duke Mikhail, people listen to the officer.

Participants of the rally on the square in front of the city Duma welcome the news of the creation of a new government, waving hats, a panorama of the rally from the Theater Square to the Iversky Gate.

The soldiers climb into the back of the truck.

Soldiers stand in a cordon at the entrance to Butyrskaya prison.

View of one of the walls of the Butyrskaya prison and the "Pugachev" tower.

An officer speaks to soldiers during one of the rallies.

Soldiers and officers during a rally on the square in front of the Moscow City Duma (panorama).

A delegation of war invalids approaches the Duma building.

View of the part of the square in front of the Iversky Gate and the building of the Moscow City Duma (from above).

A mounted messenger and sentries at the entrance to the headquarters of the revolutionary troops, located in the building of the Art Electrotheater on Arbat Square.

View of one of the headquarters premises (blurry, not sharp).

Members of the staff discuss current issues.

Students enrolled in the ranks of the People's militia.

People on one of the streets of Moscow, a truck with soldiers in the back is passing.

Removal of the signboard of the suppliers of the court of His Imperial Majesty from the wall of one of the buildings.

Calendar: 28.02.1917-04.03.1917

Locations: Moscow [820]

Seasons: Winter [823] Spring [825]

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