Politics
Exactly one hundred years ago, soldiers and citizens marched through the streets of Petrograd and shouted “down with autocracy!” Women protesting the long bread queues that made their lives miserable while the aristocrats feasted in their palaces during Russia’s third year of war joined them. As news from the front was dire, public support for the war, as well as mobilization, began to dwindle. Rumors about the German-born Tsaritsa betrayal helped erode the legitimacy of the ruling house. In February …read more
Source: Intersection
