Think about it this way, the army, the factory workers, the peasant classes and even elements of the upper classes all despised you and blamed you for all of their troubles. read more
Russian czar abdicates During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne on this day in 1917, after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg). read more