Former Commander-in-Chief of the Petrograd military okrug , Colonel Georgi Polkovnikov , pronounced Statement himself as commander of the so-called `` Salvation Army '' ( войска спасения ) and ordered Arranging his garrison not to execute orders issued by the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee ( PMRC ) , arrest Arrest its commissars , and send Sending representatives from all military units to Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers ( a.k.a .

The junkers of the Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers seized Hold the Mikhailovsky Manege , stole Theft a number of armored cars , captured Conquering the city telephone exchange , cut off Having_or_lacking_access power in Smolny , seized Hold Hotel Astoria , and began Process_start to disarm the Red Guards and revolutionary soldiers .