Uritskii's Funeral (1918)

Description: The funeral of M. S. Uritskii, first leader of the Cheka, assassinated by SRs in 1918, in Petrograd. The funeral procession moves across the Field of Mars; among the marchers are Viacheslav Molotov (member of the Petrograd Military-Revolutionary Committee); Grigorii Zinoviev (chairman of the Petrograd Soviet), Elena Stasova (secretary of the Executive Committee of the party) and others.

Source: Russian State Film & Photo Archive at Krasnogorsk (2000).

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth