On 12 March 1917, the Volhynian Guard Regiment from Petrograd mutinied against their Tsarist officers and joined the revolutionary Bolsheviks. Followning the February Revolution, "Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich" was renamed "Volynets" to honor the regiment on 15 May 1917. During the winter of 1918, "Volynets" assisted the retreating Baltic Fleet — the Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet — together with another large Russian icebreaker, "Yermak".