The March Revolution of 1917

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The March Revolution of 1917 was an unplanned and incomplete affair, with no clear leadership or agenda. It began as a series of spontaneous protests and strikes in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), fueled by food shortages, military failures, and discontent with the autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II. While the revolution succeeded in forcing the abdication of the tsar and the establishment of a provisional government, it did not bring about the systemic changes that many hoped for. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, would later seize power in the October Revolution and create the Soviet Union, but this was a separate event that occurred months later.