The February Revolution Timeline:

14th Feb - Duma tell the Tsar that he no longer has support

18th Feb - Putilov Engineering strike complaining about inflation

23rd Feb - Strike grows to 100,000 plus international women’s day

24th Feb - Strike goes up to 200,000 workers

25th Feb - 300,000 demonstrators, no news printed and no public transport. Police felt sympathetic

26th Feb - Garrisons deserted, shots fired on demonstrators and no papers to print the Tsar’s proclamation

27th Feb - Shops looted, general chaos and mutiny. Tsar orders Duma to dissolve but they set up a committee to take charge

28th Feb - The soviet declares it’s intentions to remove the old government system in the Izestiya newspaper

1st Mar - The Petrograd soviet issue order number one

2nd Mar - Tsar officially abdicates

3rd Mar - The Provisional Committee rename themselves the Provisional Government and start to run the country