Preface Acknowledgements List of Maps List of Abbreviations Russia and the First World War 1 Russia Enters the War 2 The Political Crisis of the Summer 1915 3 Deepening Gulf: The Government and the Liberals, 1916 4 Petrograd during the War 5 The War and the Workers 6 The War and the Revolutionary Parties On the Eve 7 The Tsar, the Tsarina, and the Government 8 The Security of Petrograd 9 The Liberal Opposition 10 The Liberals, Conspiracies, and the Freemasons 11 The Workers and the Revolutionary Parties The Uprising 12 The Beginning: February 23 13 The Second Day: February 24 14 The General Strike: February 25 15 Bloody Sunday: February 26 16 The Insurrection, February 27 The Petrograd Soviet and the Duma Committee 17 The Formation of the Petrograd Soviet 18 The Formation of the Duma Committee 19 The First Steps of the Duma Committee 20 The Petrograd Soviet and the Masses 21 The 'Transfer' of Power The Abdication of Nicholas II 22 Nicholas II and the Revolution 23 The Duma Committee and the Monarchy 24 The Stavka and Counterrevolutionary Attempts 25 The Abdication of Nicholas II 26 The Duma Committee's Delegates The Formation of the Provisional Government and the Birth of Dual Power 27 The Formation of the Provisional Government 28 Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich's Renunciation of the Throne 29 The Provisional Government, the State Duma, and the Birth of Dual Power 30 Conclusion Bibliography Index.