The Abdication of the Tsar

Question 1

What did the Duma ask the Tsar

Answer 1

The Duma asked the tsar to create a new cabinet involving Duma deputies

Question 2

What was the tsar’s response to the Dumas request?

Answer 2

He refused and ordered the Duma to dissolve
This led to most government officials to leave Petrograd
However half the Duma refused to follow the tsar’s orders and carried on meeting

Question 3

Following the mutiny in the army what did the commanders suspect?

Answer 3

Army commanders suspected they could no longer rely on their troops to follow their orders

Question 4

What was option one that the army commanders had?

Answer 4

Use soldiers from outside Petrograd to crush the revolution

This did not seem possible because of the army mutiny

Question 5

What was option 2 that the army commanders had?

Answer 5

Work with the Duma to find a political solution
This was put into action.
Army leaders and Duma leaders met up in Pskov
They suggested that the tsar must abdicate in order to save russia