The Romanovs and the 1917 February Revolution

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the February Revolution of 1917, the unplanned uprising that toppled the Romanov dynasty after three centuries. They examine the cascading failures of World War I: the Brusilov Offensive's pyrrhic victory, the shell shortage of 1915, the rise of the Progressive Bloc in the Duma, and the catastrophic winter of 1916–17. Lucas explains how bread riots in Petrograd spiraled into a general strike, how soldiers of the Petrograd garrison mutinied rather than fire on crowds, and how Tsar Nicholas II's abdication at Pskov ended with his family under arrest. The episode also covers the formation of the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government under Georgy Lvov, setting the stage for the October Revolution. Along the way, they discuss key figures like Mikhail Rodzianko, Alexander Kerensky, and Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, whose refusal of the throne sealed the dynasty's fate. A detailed look at how a seemingly stable autocracy collapsed in less than a week. #FebruaryRevolution #Romanovs #RussianHistory #1917 #NicholasII #PetrogradSoviet #ProvisionalGovernment #BrusilovOffensive #WorldWarI #ProgressiveBloc #AlexanderKerensky #MikhailRodzianko #Abdication #FexingoHistory #EasternEurope #Revolution #History #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo