Editing October Revolution (section)

===Antiwar demonstrations===
In a diplomatic note of 1 May, the minister of foreign affairs, [[Pavel Milyukov]], expressed the Provisional Government's desire to continue the war against the [[Central Powers]] "to a victorious conclusion", arousing broad indignation. On 1–4 May, about 100,000 workers and soldiers of Petrograd, and, after them, the workers and soldiers of other cities, led by the Bolsheviks, demonstrated under banners reading "Down with the war!" and "All power to the soviets!" The mass demonstrations resulted in a crisis for the Provisional Government.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Richard |last=Pipes |author-link=Richard Pipes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtE54LuhFzEC&pg=PA407 |title=The Russian Revolution |date=1990 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday |isbn=978-0-3077-8857-3 |page=407}}</ref> 1 July saw more demonstrations, as about 500,000 workers and soldiers in Petrograd demonstrated, again demanding "all power to the soviets," "down with the war," and "down with the ten capitalist ministers." The Provisional Government opened an [[Kerensky Offensive|offensive]] against the Central Powers on 1 July, which soon collapsed. The news of the offensive's failure intensified the struggle of the workers and the soldiers.