Petrograd Soviet (No World War 1)

The Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies was a City Council of Petrograd (St.Petersburg), Capital of the Russian Empire.

The soviet was established in March 1932 after the February Revolution as a representative body of the city's workers and soldiers, while the city already had its well established city council, the Saint Petersburg City Duma (Central Duma). During the revolutionary days, the council tried to extend its jurisdiction nationwide as a rival power center to the Provisional Government, creating what in Soviet historiography is known as the Dvoyevlastiye(Dual power). Its committees were key components during the Russian Revolution and some of them led the armed revolt of the October Revolution.