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Mobs and Imperial Russian soldiers participate in revolts in Petrograd, Russia in time of Russian Revolution
Slate refers to March 17, 1917, when Russian Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, and a Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) during World War 1. It is followed by a few scenes from what appears to be a staged film enactment of a mob storming a palace. Soldiers and citizens, carrying sticks and clubs, rush up a stairway inside, while others are seen charging an entrance and beating on palace gates. A statue of the Russian Imperial Seal is seen with one eagle head broken. Next, actual footage shows a prison courtyard littered with debris. Bars on the doors and windows are bent and broken. Several persons are seen moving about in the debris. Later a group of people are seen at work cleaning up debris, placing it into a horse-drawn wagon. Slate compares this event to the fall of the Bastille during the French revolution. Russian soldiers loyal to the Bolsheviks and the Soviet cheer in streets of Petrograd. Armored cars and an artillery field piece are manned by the revolutionary Russian soldiers. A street is filled with Russian soldiers and some civilians.
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.
Bolshevik Red Guards lead takeover of Government buildings in Petrograd during Russian revolution, in World War I
Scenes of October revolution in Petrograd, Russia, during World War 1. Bolshevik Red Guards forces, waving red flags, charge across a square in military vehicles, followed by numerous others running to take over government buildings. on 24 October 1917.
Bolshevik mobs destroy symbols of the Romanovs, in Petrograd, Russia, during the Russian Revolution
The October, 1917 revolution in Russia, during World War 1. Opening scene shows an explosion at the base of a tall column topped by a winged figure with outstretched arms. The column and statue teeter and then fall in a crash to the ground. Within the same scenes another similar collumn stands, but any statue it contained is gone. Next, a Bolshevik rioter is seen on a ladder, prying a large bas relief statue of Romanov double eagle from face of a building. It falls and breaks into many pieces on the ground.
Leon Trotsky meets officers, Vladimir Lenin at Petrograd Russia in a crowd after the Russian Revolution
Russia immediately after the Russian Revolution and takeover of Petrograd. Russians marching on the streets with placards, waving white flags. Bolshevik officers disembark from a train. Russian Marxist revolutionary, Leon Trotsky, in military uniform, shakes hands with officers. Leon Trotsky and Bolshevik officers walking together. Bolshevik officers leave by car. Bolshevik men and women with rifles enter a building. View of Vladimir Lenin, wearing civilian clothes, in a crowd. Guards with artillery at the Smolny Institute in Petrograd.
Food supplies delivered by foreign relief organization to Petrograd, Russia during Russian Revolution and World War 1
Steamers on the frozen River Neva deliver food supplies sent by foreign relief organization to Petrograd, Russia during period of Russian Revolution and World War I. Soviet Russian children stand next to ship 'Marcus' from Newark, New Jersey, USA. Men unload food supplies. American relief administrator Colonel Haskall looks at a map. Food sacks being transported along snowy streets by horse drawn sled and sleigh. Civilians walk in snow covered streets, bundled in warm winter clothing. People gathered together in the cold eat hot food in the streets of Russia.