On March 8, 100 years ago, a revolution erupted in Saint Petersburg that ended the monarchy in Russia and set up a provisional government that was overthrown by the Bolsheviks just months later. That led to the rise of the Soviet Union and the spread of communism globally.
But there are still Russians today who defend the monarchy as sacred, and a few who even hope for its return.
Once loyal subjects of the Tsar, factory workers revolted over corruption as World War I took a toll on living standards.
Some 30,000 workers from the Putilov Plant, now …read more
Source: Voice of America
