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February Revolution

1917 · 20th century

The February Revolution of 1917 was the uprising in Petrograd that forced the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. It ended the Romanov monarchy and the Russian Empire, establishing a provisional government that was overthrown by the Bolsheviks later that year.

February Revolution
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