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The March <strong>Revolution</strong><br />
• Military defeats and food shortages culminated in a<br />
revolution in March 1917<br />
• Rioters in St. Petersburg demanded bread<br />
• Soldiers sympathized and refused to fire on them<br />
• With no control of his troops and facing anarchy in his<br />
country, Czar Nicholas abdicated (gave up) his throne<br />
in March 1917<br />
• Provisional (temporary) government set up, promised<br />
to write constitution<br />
• Unpopular decision to remain in WWI
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