History of Russia: The opening of the permanent exposition “February of the seventeenth. The collapse of the monarchy” took place in Saint-Petersburg

February 27, 2013 in the Museum of Political History of Russia (Saint-Petersburg) took place the opening of the permanent exposition “February of the seventeenth. The collapse of the monarchy”. 

The exposition tells about one of the most mysterious events in the Russian history. “February of the seventeenth. The collapse of the monarchy” considers the circumstances and key events of 1917 in Petrograd.

The museum features archival documents of new bodies - the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, complexes of materials and the abdication of the emperor and  solemnly buried victims of the February Uprising on March 23, 1917 at the Field of Mars.

Among the exhibits it can be identified telegrams of top military leaders who expressed support for the abdication of Nicholas II from the throne, funeral wreaths and banners with “the funeral of the victims of the revolution”. Here you can see the pre-revolutionary typewritten “samizdat”, which is passed from hand to hand - lists of performances of P. N. Milyukov, A. F. Kerensky and other opposition politicians and public figures who excited the public with their harsh anti-government criticism.

Of particular interest are the first exhibited awards of revolutionary Russia - registered marks of soldiers of the Volyn regiment, first raised the Uprising on February 27.