Order No. 1

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Order No. 1 was a pivotal 1917 directive issued by the Petrograd Soviet that placed Russian military units under the control of elected soldiers’ committees, undermining traditional officer authority during the February Revolution.

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Order No. 1 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
military order ⓘ
political directive ⓘ
aimedAt democratization of the army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prikaz No. 1 ⓘ
Prikaz No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
appliesTo Russian Army ⓘ
Russian military units in the Petrograd military district ⓘ
soldiers of the Russian garrison in Petrograd ⓘ
chronology issued shortly after the formation of the Petrograd Soviet in 1917 ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dateIssued 1917-03-01 ⓘ
dateIssuedOldStyle 1917-02-28 ⓘ
describedAs key step in the breakdown of the old Russian military hierarchy ⓘ
pivotal directive of the February Revolution ⓘ
documentType order ⓘ
effect growth of dual power in the military ⓘ
increase in soldiers’ political activity ⓘ
transfer of control to elected soldiers’ committees ⓘ
undermining traditional officer authority ⓘ
weakening of command hierarchy in the Russian Army ⓘ
hasConsequence contributed to disintegration of discipline in the Russian Army ⓘ
influenced later revolutionary developments in 1917 ⓘ
limited the effective power of the Provisional Government over the army ⓘ
strengthened the authority of the Petrograd Soviet over the troops ⓘ
historicalPeriod February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
issuedAfter outbreak of the February Revolution in Petrograd ⓘ
issuedBy Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies ⓘ
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
language Russian ⓘ
mainSubject civil–military relations ⓘ
military discipline ⓘ
soldiers’ committees ⓘ
mandated abolition of honorific forms of address to officers in some contexts ⓘ
control of weapons by soldiers’ committees ⓘ
election of soldiers’ committees in military units ⓘ
improvement of soldiers’ rights and conditions ⓘ
obedience to officers only if their orders did not contradict the Soviet ⓘ
subordination of military units to the Petrograd Soviet in political matters ⓘ
partOf events of the Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
placeOfIssue Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad
politicalContext abdication crisis of Tsar Nicholas II ⓘ
collapse of the autocracy in Russia ⓘ
emergence of dual power between Provisional Government and Soviets ⓘ
relatedTo Petrograd garrison mutinies ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
Soviet power ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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Petrograd Soviet → significantEvent → Order No. 1 ⓘ
Petrograd Soviet → issued → Order No. 1 ⓘ