Western Civilization II / Unit 15 WC2 1406 short lesson, about 20 seconds
February 1917: Women's Day, the Army Joins, the Tsar Abdicates
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The idea
On International Women's Day in February nineteen seventeen, women workers in Petrograd protested bread prices. Within days the demands were peace and the tsar's removal; a general strike followed. The army refused to fire and joined, and in early March Nicholas abdicated.
In practice
"As in every revolution since seventeen eighty-nine", the anchor says.
Where people slip
The city was Petrograd; the anchor says St. Petersburg.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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