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February Revolution   /fˈɛbjəwˌɛri rˌɛvəlˈuʃən/   Listen
February Revolution

noun
1.
The revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917.  Synonym: Russian Revolution.





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"February Revolution" Quotes from Famous Books



... Howlett, also, l. c., thinks that piece-wages increase the earnings of workmen, but at the expense of their capacity for constant labor. Count Goertz, in his Reise, 328, relates with what fatal effect piece-work in Demarara tells on white laborers and their horses. After the February Revolution, Parisian workmen demanded the abolition of piece-wages, and obtained it in several manufactories. Revue des deux ...
— Principles Of Political Economy • William Roscher


Words linked to "February Revolution" :   Russian Revolution, Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, revolution, USSR


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