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8-12 March 1917 The February Revolution began, originally, as a peaceful Women’s Day demonstration on the streets of Petrograd that spontaneously grew into a general strike and mutiny. It burst out rather suddenly, and after just seven days, Tsar Nicholas II had abdicated.
By the beginning of 1917, the people of Petrograd had generally lost faith in tsardom, and their sovereign’s ability to handle the crisis. The price of bread had already multiplied over ten times. In February, further bread rationing was declared by the authorities. February Revolution
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