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It occurred largely as a result of dissatisfaction with the way the Tsar was running the country, in particular Russia's ongoing involvement in the First World War. The regime that came into being was a largely liberal alliance of political reformers who wanted to instigate a democratically elected constituent assembly.
In the first half of February lack of food supply caused riots in the capital, Petrograd. On February 18 ( O.S.) the major plant of Petrograd, Putilov plant , announced a strike; the strikers were fired and some shops closed, which caused unrest at other plants. On February 23 ( O.S.) ( March 8, N.S.) a series of meetings and rallies were held on the occasion of the International Women's Day, which gradually turned into economical and political ones. They continued during the following days. At one point, a large battalion of soldiers was sent to the city to quell the uprising, but many shot or deserted their officers and joined the revolt instead. This led Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate the throne on March 2March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). There are 304 days remaining. Events 986 Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus became the first ballet performed in England. 1791 Long dista.
Pressure from the right (such as those behind the Kornilov AffairThe Kornilov Affair was the failed military coup by General Lavr Kornilov against the Provisional Government of Aleksandr Kerensky in September 1917, in between the fall of the Tsars and the October Revolution. Recently appointed Commander-in-Chief of the) and from the left (mainly the Bolsheviks) put the liberal Provisional GovernmentThe Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd after the deterioration of the Russian Empire and the abdication of the Tsars. When the authority of the tsar's government began to fail in March 1917, two rival institutions, the Duma and the Pet under a lot of strain. On March 1March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). There are 305 days remaining. Events BC 29 BC Horace writes the ode Occidit Daci Cotisonis agmen''. AD First thousand years 286 Maximian proclaimed junior Roman emperor., 1917 the Petrograd SovietA soviet originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. The councils and the term later were adopted by the Bolsheviks who saw it as the basic organizing unit of society. Originally the soviets were a grassroots effort to practice direct of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies issued Order No. 1, which ordered the military to obey its orders rather than those of the Provisional Government. Ultimately the regime instigated by the February Revolution was forcibly replaced in the October RevolutionThis article is about the October Revolution in Russia. See October Revolution (disambiguation) for other meanings. The October Revolution also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instig.
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