Tsar Nicholas II abdicates

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Eastern report number VIII detailing the first Russian revolution (catalogue reference: CAB 24/143) View in the image library

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Eastern Report No.VIII, dated 22 March 1917, gives a dramatic chronological account of the first Russian revolution when Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate.

The language used portrays the enormity of this event for the Foreign Office.

Image: Eastern report number VIII detailing the first Russian revolution (catalogue reference: CAB 24/143). View in the image library