PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of MapsList of Abbreviations Part I: Russia and the First World War 1. Russia Enters the War2. The Political Crisis of the Summer 19153. Deepening Gulf: The Government and the Liberals, 19164. Petrograd during the War5. The War and the Workers6. The War and the Revolutionary Parties Part II: On the Eve 7. The Tsar, the Tsarina, and the Government8.

The Security of Petrograd9. The Liberal Opposition10. The Liberals, Conspiracies, and the Freemasons11. The Workers and the Revolutionary Parties Part III: The Uprising 12. The Beginning: February 2313. The Second Day: February 2414. The General Strike: February 2515. Bloody Sunday: February 2616.

The Insurrection, February 27 Part IV: The Petrograd Soviet and the Duma Committee 17. The Formation of the Petrograd Soviet18. The Formation of the Duma Committee19. The First Steps of the Duma Committee20. The Petrograd Soviet and the Masses21. The 'Transfer' of Power Part V: The Abdication of Nicholas II 22. Nicholas II and the Revolution23. The Duma Committee and the Monarchy24.

The Stavka and Counterrevolutionary Attempts25. The Abdication of Nicholas II26. The Duma Committee's Delegates Part VI: The Formation of the Provisional Government and the Birth of Dual Power 27. The Formation of the Provisional Government28. Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich's Renunciation of the Throne29. The Provisional Government, the State Duma, and the Birth of Dual Power30. ConclusionBibliographyIndex.