This article examines the functioning of military power in the Petrograd garrison during the revolution of 1917. This problem is viewed as part of a study of the dual power system. Formally, all power over the soldiers in Petrograd belonged to the Commander-in-Chief and the headquarters of the Petrograd Military District. However, the conditions of the revolution created a new contact body between the Commander and the Petrograd Soviet called the Commander's Council. This body solved a wide range of issues, but mainly controlled the withdrawal of military units from the city. The history of the Council demonstrates the periodisation of dual power from February to October. At the beginning, mistrust, then cooperation, then an attempt by the military command to take all power into their own hands, and, finally, the struggle of the Soviet for complete control over the garrison, which ended with the October uprising. The article concludes that dual power in this period of political instability reduced distrust in the decisions of the military authorities. However, it took an effort on both sides to keep the system in balance; attempts to assume complete power led to an open struggle.

本文考察了 1917 年革命期间彼得格勒卫戍区军事力量的运作情况。这个问题被视为双重权力体系研究的一部分。形式上，彼得格勒士兵的一切权力属于总司令和彼得格勒军区司令部。然而，革命的条件在指挥官和彼得格勒苏维埃之间建立了一个新的联系机构，称为指挥官委员会。这个机构解决了广泛的问题，但主要控制军队撤出城市。理事会的历史显示了从二月到十月的双重权力的分期。一开始是不信任，然后是合作，然后是军事指挥部试图将所有权力掌握在自己手中，最后，苏维埃为完全控制驻军而进行的斗争，最终以十月起义告终。文章的结论是，在这一政治不稳定时期，双重权力减少了对军事当局决定的不信任。但是，双方都需要努力保持系统平衡。试图获得完全权力导致了公开斗争。