notes
- Began with riots and strikes in Petrograd (originally St. Petersburg, sounded too German, so it was renamed. Was then changed to Leningrad, and then back to Petersburg)
- Feb. (March) revolution ousted the Tsar (abdication)
- Different calendars
- Aimed to replace him with a Provisional Government
- Diarchy ensues
- Petrograd Soviet and the provisional government the two strong factions
- Provisional government led by Prince Lvov
- Replaced by Alexander Kerensky
- Both try to keep Russia in WWI
- Unpopular
- Feb. (March) revolution ousted the Tsar (abdication)
- Different calendars
- Aimed to replace him with a Provisional Government
- Diarchy ensues
- Petrograd Soviet and the provisional government the two strong factions
- Provisional government led by Prince Lvov
- Replaced by Alexander Kerensky
- Both try to keep Russia in WWI
- Unpopular
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summary
During the February/March revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by Petrograd insurgents, and a provisional government is installed in his place