16h 55min, feb 1, 1917 y - Revolution of February 1917

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Riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in St. Petersburg were at all time high. Most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of the czarist regime. Government corruption was rampant, the Russian economy remained backward and Czar Nicholas II had repeatedly dissolved the Dumas, the Russian parliamentary groups established to placate the masses after the Revolution of 1905, each time they opposed his will.