Question

Arrange the following events that took place in Russia during February 1917, in the correct order of occurrence:
1) Sympathy strikes led by women;
2) A factory on the banks of Neva gets shut down;
3) Demonstrators attacked police headquarters;
4) The Third Duma was suspended;
5) Tsar is abdicated from the throne;
6) Calvary supports the demonstrators.

• A. 2), 1), 4), 3) , 6), 5)
• B. 2), 1), 3), 4) , 6), 5)
• C. 2), 3), 4), 1) , 6), 5)
• D. 2), 1), 4), 3) , 6), 5)

Answer 1

The correct option is D 2), 1), 4), 3) , 6), 5)

On 22 February 1917, one of the factories on the side of river Neva was shut down by its employer. Workers organised a sympathy strike from over 50 factories. In many factories, women led the strikes, and this came to be called the International Women’s Day. On 25 February, the government suspended the third Duma as per the Tsar’s desire. On 26 February, the demonstrators attacked the police headquarters. The government tried to control the crowd using the cavalry. The cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators. The Tsar, on the advice of his military commanders, abdicated the throne on 2 March 1917.