1917 Order No. 1 of the Petrograd Soviet

One hundred years ago, on March 14, 1917, the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies issued Order No. 1 for the Petrograd garrison on the legalization of the soldiers' committees, to which all weapons were transferred. The officers were deprived of disciplinary power over the soldiers. On the same day, an uprising took place in Kronstadt, accompanied by the assassination of the governor of Kronstadt, Admiral Robert Viren, and in the following days, dozens of other officers, including the commander of the Baltic Fleet, Admiral Adrian Nepenin. On the same day the revolution won in Moscow.