The revolution broke out without any leadership or organization when, in late February/early March of 1917, workers began striking to protest the shortages of bread.
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Nicolas II did not understand the situation. When he sent to Petrograd on 25 February 1917 to quell the civil unrest there, they mutinied, and the outnumbered police also joined the revolt.