Events in Petrograd between February 23 and March 4, 1917 (March 8-17 according to the Gregorian calendar), which led to the fall of the Romanovs and to the complete emancipation of the Russian Jews. The democracy introduced in February existed until the Bolshevik coup d’état on October 25-26 (November 7-8). The Jewish population welcomed the Revolution; in 1917, the political parties and public activities of Jews in Russia experienced an unprecedented flourishing.

At the beginning of 1917, Russia was shaken from within. Growing general dissatisfaction with governm…