Question

Explain the February revolution in Russia???

Answer 1

1. The February Revolution began as a public strike about food and fuel shortages in the Russian capital Petrograd.
2. War and domestic mismanagement had caused the transport system to fail, reducing the movement of food especially.
3. In late February food protests in Petrograd became a popular revolution, prompting the tsar to dissolve the Duma.
4. This order was ignored. The Duma instead formed a provisional committee to organise a temporary government.
5. When soldiers refused the tsar’s orders to fire on civilians, and his generals refused to back him, he eventually agreed to abdicate. The document was signed in a stranded railway car in Pskov on March 2nd 1917.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The February Revolution began as a public strike about food and fuel shortages in the Russian capital Petrograd.

2. War and domestic mismanagement had caused the transport system to fail, reducing the movement of food especially.

3. In late February food protests in Petrograd became a popular revolution, prompting the tsar to dissolve the Duma.

4. This order was ignored. The Duma instead formed a provisional committee to organise a temporary government.

5. When soldiers refused the tsar’s orders to fire on civilians, and his generals refused to back him, he eventually agreed to abdicate. The document was signed in a stranded railway car in Pskov on March 2nd 1917.