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title: Revolutionaries in Petrograd
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20831/revolutionaries-in-petrograd/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2025-08-18
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# Revolutionaries in Petrograd
_Authored by Unknown Photographer_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20831.jpg)
## Image Caption
Photograph of revolutionaries in Petrograd taking aim, 1917.
Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), Russia, was the focal site of the February Revolution of 1917, where mass protest and armed clashes against monarchist control precipitated the fall of Tsarist Russia.
Finnish Heritage Agency, Helsinki.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, August 18). Revolutionaries in Petrograd. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "Revolutionaries in Petrograd." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 18, 2025. .
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "Revolutionaries in Petrograd." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Aug 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://finna.fi/Record/museovirasto.de881598-4bd8-4bf2-85a0-82129aa92535?sid=5112222192) by **Unknown Photographer**. Submitted by [Zachary Kay](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/zacharykay/ "User Page: Zachary Kay"), published on 18 August 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.