Petrograd Soviet

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The Petrograd Soviet was a powerful council of workers' and soldiers' deputies in Petrograd that became a key revolutionary body in 1917, rivaling and undermining the authority of the Russian Provisional Government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
revolutionary council
soldiers' council
soviet
workers' council
alsoKnownAs Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
composedOf soldiers' deputies
workers' deputies
country Russia
Russian Empire
dissolved 1918
followedBy Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Red Army Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
governed Petrograd garrison
hasRole revolutionary authority
rival government
headquartersLocation Tauride Palace
ideology Marxism
revolutionary socialism
socialism
inception 1917
influenced soldiers' committees
workers' strikes in Petrograd
issued Order No. 1
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Petrograd Governorate
locatedInTime February Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917
linked to: Russian Revolution
location Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad

Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
nativeLabel Петроградский Совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
opposedTo Russian Provisional Government
partOf Russian Revolution
dual power in Russia
playedRoleIn establishment of Soviet power in Russia
overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government
politicalAlignment Bolsheviks
Mensheviks
Socialist Revolutionaries
precededBy Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies
significance center of dual power in Petrograd
key revolutionary body in 1917
significantEvent Order No. 1
significantFigure Alexander Kerensky
Irakli Tsereteli
Leon Trotsky
Nikolai Chkheidze
typeOfElectoralSystem indirect election by factories and military units
usedAsSeatOfPowerBy Bolsheviks

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Russian Provisional Government opposedBy Petrograd Soviet
July Days hasOpposingForce Petrograd authorities
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Mensheviks participatedIn Petrograd Soviet
Kornilov Affair hasParticipant Petrograd Soviet
Kornilov Affair opponent Petrograd Soviet
Tauride Palace housed Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd Soviet followedBy Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Red Army Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd Soviet nativeLabel Петроградский Совет рабочих и солдатских депутатов
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd Soviet alsoKnownAs Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
April Crisis of 1917 participant Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Abdication of Nicholas II participant Petrograd Soviet
subject linked to: abdication of Nicholas II
Red Guards supported Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd garrison allegiance Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd garrison influencedBy Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd garrison supported Petrograd Soviet
Petrograd garrison usedBy Petrograd Soviet
Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies inspired Petrograd Soviet of 1917
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies preceded Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Saint Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies alsoKnownAs Soviet of Workers' Deputies in Saint Petersburg
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
Order No. 1 issuedBy Petrograd Soviet
Order No. 1 issuedBy Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
April political crisis in Petrograd participant Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
April political crisis in Petrograd involves Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet
linked to: Petrograd Soviet