On March 8, 1917, Russia's February Revolution (so called because of the Old Style calendar used by Russians at the time) began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.
Rioting and strikes caused by rising inequity in the economic situation for most of the population and the distaste for an unpopular war. Sound familiar?
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