The July Days refers to events in 1917 that took place in Petrograd, Russia, between 3 July and 7 July (Julian calendar) (16 July – 20 July, Gregorian calendar), when soldiers and industrial workers engaged in spontaneous armed demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks initially attempted to prevent the demonstrations and then decided to support them.
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| - The July Days refers to events in 1917 that took place in Petrograd, Russia, between 3 July and 7 July (Julian calendar) (16 July – 20 July, Gregorian calendar), when soldiers and industrial workers engaged in spontaneous armed demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks initially attempted to prevent the demonstrations and then decided to support them.
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| - 700 killed or wounded demonstrators, 16 people killed by black-hundreds and 100 arrested
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- 23pxBolshevik Party
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- Black Hundreds
- Russian government
- 23px|borderNon-partisan workers, sailors and soldiers
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| - After the demonstration, the Bolshevik Pravda newspaper and Central Committee was captured and destroyed by black-hundreds militia.
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| - Government victory, dispersion of demonstrations and strikes, arrest of Bolsheviks, workers and sailors.
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| - 500,000 unarmed demonstrators, 4,000–5,000 Red Guard soldiers, a few hundred anarchists sailors and 12,000 soldiers and low-rank officers
- Thousands of policemen, loyal soldiers, officers, cossacks and black-hundreds
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