What were the main events of the March 1917 revolution?
Answer The March 1917 Revolution, usually called the February Revolution as it tool place in February in the Russian calendar, in the short term was caused almost entirely by the monarchy’s failures in the prosecution of WWI. At some point late in the conflict, the Emperor, Nicholas II, took personal charge of the war, and predictably, as he was a pretty generally an incompetent individual, the results were even worse. The precipitating event was a bread riot in Petersberg, which was joined by striking industrial workers, and even middle class people. Nicholas ignored the situation for some time. When he finally ordered the police to decisively put an end to the demonstrations, they mutinied. His cabinet resigned and he abdicated soon after. He attempted to offer the crown to his brother, who, seeing and impossible situation, had the good sense to refuse it. Nicholas had, by the time of his resignation, no meaningful support in any class of society, including the military and the nobii
