Clifford K. Berryman, political cartoonist for the Washington Evening Star, captured the prevailing sentiment in regard to the Russian revolution: that it was driven by popular outrage against supposed pro-German circles close to Czar Nicholas II. Courtesy of National...
A banner hailing the Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies is raised above a revolutionary crowd in Petrograd. Courtesy of Library of Congress
Alexander Kerensky, a Socialist who took part in the revolution and later headed the Provisional Government, was determined to keep the war against Germany going, in the face of increasing unpopularity and the disintegration of much of the Russian army. Courtesy of...
Revolutionary Russian soldiers man a barricade on Liteiny Prospekt in Petrograd, in front of a tea shop. Courtesy of Library of Congress
A Russian farm family tries to stay warm by a fire next to the remains of their house, wrecked in the war. This German postcard blamed Cossacks for the destruction. Courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collections
