During the February Revolution, on February 28, he was appointed commissar to the Petrograd city government.А. Б. Николаев. Государственная дума в Февральской революции: очерки истории. Стр. 77. On March 2, the Provisional Government issued order No. 169 “with instructions to State Duma member V. N. Pepelyaev to be the port commander of Kronstadt and the commissar of the Provisional Government."А. Б. Николаев. Государственная дума в Февральской революции: очерки истории. Стр. 89. During Lavr Kornilov's uprising, Viktor took his side and volunteered for the 8th Siberian mortar division.
