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Abdication of Nicholas II (1917)

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2/15 Mar 1917 — Nicholas II's train is halted at Pskov, and his generals have abandoned him. In a railway carriage he signs away the throne for himself and his son, ending the Romanov autocracy.

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February Revolution (chapter 4 of Russian Revolution)
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The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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