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The Russian army suffered numerous defeats in World War I and were inadequately supplied with supplies. Food shortages hit Russian cities, giving rise to political unrest. In February (March in the Gregorian calendar) people in food queues in the St. Petersburg started a demonstration, and were soon joined by thousands of women textile workers, who walked out of their factories. The police lost control of the situation, and many of the military sent by the government to quell the crowd were also insurgents. Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate, and his brother refused the crown. The Provisional Government was set up, led at first by Prince Lvov, and after him by Alexander Kernsky. | The Russian army suffered numerous defeats in World War I and were inadequately supplied with supplies. Food shortages hit Russian cities, giving rise to political unrest. In February (March in the Gregorian calendar) people in food queues in the St. Petersburg started a demonstration, and were soon joined by thousands of women textile workers, who walked out of their factories. The police lost control of the situation, and many of the military sent by the government to quell the crowd were also insurgents. Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate, and his brother refused the crown. The Provisional Government was set up, led at first by Prince Lvov, and after him by Alexander Kernsky. |