Uprising of the Nizhny Novgorod garrison's soldiers in July 1917. Based on materials from local periodicals and memoirs of participants of the events
The article deals with the developments in Nizhniy Novgorod after the February Revolution of 1917 and the circumstances that led to the uprising of the Nizhny Novgorod garrison in July 1917. The author explains in detail the course of events, which active participants were soldiers of three regiments and workers supporting them. Characteristics of central and local authorities' efforts to pacify the rebels are given. The complex moral-and-psychological state of the soldiers involved in active political life under the slogans of revolutionary democracy is disclosed.