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" I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling." Nicholas II quotes
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Summary:
- Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia.
- Began with riots and strikes in Petrograd.
- The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917.
Summary:
- The February Revolution was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution and Nicholas II, the last Tzar of Russia was abdicated.