Abdication of the Tsar - Feb./March Revolution
- Began with riots and strikes in Petrograd (St. Petersburg, Leningrad)
- Feb. (March-Gregorian calendar) revolution ousted the Tsar - Nicholas II (abdication)
- Aimed to replace him with a Provisional Government
- Diarchy ensues
- Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional government the two strong factions
- Both try to keep Russia in WWI
- Unpopular
Interesting Fact
He was the last Russian Tsar who was executed after the Russian Revolution
Quote
"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
-Nicholas II
-Nicholas II
Subjunctive Question
Did the people of Russia know that the Provisional government was going to want to keep Russia in the war? If they had know would they have wanted to keep the Tsar?
Summary
The poeple in Russia no longer wanted Nicholas II to rule the country. They wanted a provisional government instead. The Feb/ March revolution ousted the Tsar and Nicholas II abdicated. Diarchy ensued after with the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional government as the two strong factions. Both were unpopular beccause they wanted the keep Russia in the war.