The Royal Women

The February Revolution – Losing faith

The February 1917 revolution … grew out of prewar political and economic instability, technological backwardness, and fundamental social divisions, coupled with gross mismanagement of the war effort, continuing military defeats, domestic economic dislocation, and outrageous scandals surrounding the monarchy. By 1917, many Russian has lost faith in the Tsar and his regime. Corruption was rife, and [read more]