The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924 · THE MAP IN MAR 1917

Map of Russia in March 1917

The Tsar abdicates · Russian Revolution

Russia in March 1917: The Tsar abdicates. Since August 1914, 17 territories changed status on this map: including Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and 14 more.

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Map of Russia in March 1917 (Russian Revolution): The Tsar abdicates. Colours show Provisional Government, then the Whites, Foreign powers & intervention. — MAR 1917 · THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1855–1924

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cambridge Modern History Atlas, map 108 — Russia in Europe (1912) · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · USMA — World War I atlas, chart 41

Source details

Cambridge Modern History Atlas, map 108 — Russia in Europe (1912). Historical map published before 1931; independently digitized factual geography. Original scan not republished.
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
USMA — World War I atlas, chart 41. Factual geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork not republished

reconstruction: 1917.2 · reconstruction: 1January1917 reference for late1916–1917 · trace: 1878 settlement, mapped in 1912 · vector: 1917.2

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Russia	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Ukraine	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Belorussia	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Bessarabia (mod. Moldova)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Finland (Grand Duchy)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Georgia	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Armenia	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Azerbaijan	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Russian Turkestan (mod. Kazakhstan)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Russian Turkestan (mod. Uzbekistan)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Transcaspia (mod. Turkmenistan)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Russian Turkestan (mod. Kyrgyzstan)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Russian Turkestan (mod. Tajikistan)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Estonia (Estland)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Latvia (Courland & Livonia)	The Tsarist empire → Provisional Government, then the Whites
Poland (Russian, German & Austrian partitions)	The Tsarist empire → Foreign powers & intervention
Lithuania	The Tsarist empire → Foreign powers & intervention

On the ground

Russia held the Kars oblast until Brest-Litovsk

The chapters of this moment

CH 4 — February Revolution

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