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Russian Tsar Nicholas II overthrown and short lived Russian Republic falls to Bolshevik Revolution, in World War I
Momentary image of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Russian mystic and advisor to the Russian Imperial family. German troops fighting in no man's land on Western Front in World War 1. Ill prepared and equipped Russian troops clean themselves and clothing of fleas and lice, that cause heavy casualties from typhus. Explosions on front lines. Starving Russian civilians at aid camp. Demonstrations for increased bread rations, in St. Petersburg, Russia, March, 1917, getting out of hand. Tsarist troops sent in to quell the disturbance, instead, join in the revolutionary protests. Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, member of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma, vice-chairman of the Petrograd Soviet,and first Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government, is seen tipping his hat, and later giving a speech. Czar (Tsar) Nicholas II, seen sitting on a tree stump, with soldiers behind him. Russians crowding a square, breaking down prison bars, and releasing prisoners. Dissidents haranguing Russian crowds. Kerensky speaking to crowd. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returning by railroad train from exile in Switzerland. Leon Trotsky arrives from Canada and is seen speaking to a crowd. Kerensky on a balcony as, head of the provisional government, in Summer, 1917, proclaiming Russia a Republic. Young women marching in parade. Lenin making remarks. Field filled with farm workers (worker army union, AKA Soviet) tilling soil with hand tools. Lenin, bareheaded (holding his cap behind his back) making a speech. An unidentified cathedral seen in background. Bolsheviks stir up unrest. Winged Victory column topples. Bolshevik mobs take over government buildings in Russian Revolution.
General Kornilov and Minister of War Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky, with French General Joffre, review troops in Russia
During World War I (and near timeframe of Russian Revolution of 1917), view of Russian General Lavr Kornilov and Minister of War Alexander Kerensky coming down through stairs in Petrograd, Russia. They salute and greet other officers, some Russian and some French, including General Joseph Joffre. Russian and French Troops marching. Russian and French Generals review troops.
Civil war breaks out in Russia after Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty, in year after Russian Revolution
After Lenin makes peace with Germany, civil war breaks out in Russia. White Russian troops are seen fighting against Bolshevik troops in the snow. American soldiers, supporting the White Russians, are seen in Archangel (Arkhangelsk). Cossacks on horseback carry the Tsarist flag. The Romanovs, Tsar Nicholas II and his family are photographed outdoors seated on a wooden bench by barricade fence at Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. Bolsheviks arresting other revolutionaries who were opposed to them, and executing them by firing squad. Vladimir Lenin with cat in his lap. View of Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan (AKA "Dora") who attempted to assassinate Lenin on August 30, 1918. View of Lenin speaking to Soviet workers. Newspaper of September 1, 1918 reports on the assassination attempt, with dateline London, August 31st: "Lenin wounded twice by assassin. Attempt on Red Premier's life at Moscow. Commissary Uritzky murdered at Petrograd." Crowd in turmoil in Moscow. Newspaper reports capture of would-be assassin, noting that "official Bolshevist paper says, "She is girl of intellectual class." Narrator states that some 500 anti-Bolsheviks are executed in Moscow.
Russian cruiser Aurora fires at the Winter Palace, scenes of Bolsheviks and Lenin during the October Revolution
The ship Aurora, a Pallada-class cruiser of the Russian Navy, fires a blank shot from a forecastle gun at the Winter Palace in Petrograd (now known as Saint Petersburg), signaling the start of the October Revolution on October 24 1917 O.S. (November 6 1917 N.S). Revolutionary Bolsheviks, holding rifles and the Bolshevik flag, stand on a vehicle driving in Saint Petersburg. The gate at the Winter Palace (Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Central District, Saint Petersburg, Russia). Bolsheviks on the balcony of the Winter Palace. Vladimir Lenin smiling. Cheering Russians crowd Saint Petersburg. Vladimir Lenin addresses the crowd during the Russian Revolution.
Bolsheviks distribute leaflets and posters to Russians during the March 1917 Russian Revolution
March 1917 revolution in Russia. Russians marching on the streets of Petrograd (now known as Saint Petersburg). A man throws Bolshevik leaflets at a passing tram. Men and women grab leaflets. More communist pamphlets and leaflets thrown at crowds. Crowds holding handwritten signs in Russian as they parade in the streets. Crowds waving their hats. Bolshevik men and women in uniform raise their swords. Russians with rifles and hats smiling. A Bolshevik soldier smashes a Russian Empire double headed eagle (Crest of the Royal Family) with the butt of his rifle from the facade of a building. Russian crowds gathered in a square.
339th Infantry troops parade in Archangel, Russia during Allied North Russia Intervention of World War I.
U.S. 339th Infantry soldiers are led by their brass band playing a mournful dirge as they march slowly during a funeral procession in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. In a separate sequence, they are seen parading along with U.S. sailors, in Memorial Day, celebrations, 1919. A streetcar approaches in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
