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The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917
Food shortages, rationing and wild inflation were rife in Russian cities, and Bolshevik agitators promising “peace, bread and land” captured the public attention. In February 1917, strikes in Petrograd led to a demonstration and Cossack soldiers refused the Tsar's orders to fire on demonstrators. Nicholas’ loss of support and weakening leadership led to his abdication.
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