February revolution in Petrograd · In the winter of 1917, situation in Petrograd was grim. Food shortages were there in the workers quarters. · On 22nd February a Lockout took place at a factory followed by 50 more factories joining the protest in sympathy. · Women also laid and participated in the movement and this day later came to be known as the international Women's Day. The February revolution (CONTD.) · On 27th February the government suspended Duma and the politicians protested the measure. · The people were out with force once again. · On 27th February police headquarters were ransacked. · Cavalry was called out again but it refused to fire at demonstrators. · The government imposed curfew as the workers surrounded the fashionable areas and official buildings. · On the 24th and 25th government called out cavalry and police to keep an eye on them. · An officer was shot dead