As the Russian government began to carry out a certain purge of the capitalists, it inevitably affected the factories of St. Petersburg and the surrounding cities.

According to incomplete statistics from the Russian government, the purge affected hundreds of Russian capitalists and hundreds of factories.

This has also affected the work of at least tens of thousands of Russian workers, after all, their behind-the-scenes bosses have been arrested, and who will pay them to continue working?

For the Russian workers, who were already hungry, whoever made them lose their jobs was their enemy.

The capitalists who have been purged or affected are also trying to find a way to solve the current predicament.

For these people, the weapons they have at their disposal are the workers who are dissatisfied with the shutdown of the factory.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the Russian State Duma, which was established since the 1905 revolution.

The Russian State Duma is similar to the British House of Commons, but at present the power of the State Duma is not very large, Tsar Nicholas II still holds the power to appoint cabinet ministers, and the government is not responsible to the State Duma.

However, no one can deny that the combined workers' groups can indeed exert a great influence on the government.

Didn't Nicholas II before him also stand the pressure of the workers' demonstrations and set up the State Duma to quell the workers' anger?

The big capitalists of St. Petersburg will be able to escape the crisis if the workers of these factories can be used rationally and the government and Nicholas II will be forced to abandon the purge of the capitalists.

It is precisely because of the pressure of the Russian government that the European capitalists and political parties actually have a common goal, that is, to achieve their own goals by promoting workers' demonstrations.

Adhering to the principle that the enemy of the enemy is their ally, in a matter of days, the big capitalists in St. Petersburg joined forces with the workers' party with the intention of instigating a super-massive march to put pressure on the Russian government and Tsar Nicholas II.

Ironically, many workers' parties were originally formed to fight against the factory owners and capitalists who exploited the working class.

Two forces that seem to be sworn enemies have joined forces, and although it is contrary to their respective interests, they have to admit that this is an extremely large interest group.

Beginning on October 22, 1916, mass demonstrations broke out in the streets of St. Petersburg, where workers marched with banners reading "Please give us back your work" and "We just want to survive".

At the same time, a small number of unaffected workers went on strike, and hundreds of thousands of workers in St. Petersburg gathered to convey their wishes to the government and the Tsar.

On the afternoon of October 22, news of the general strike in St. Petersburg reached the ears of Tsar Nicholas II.

At this time, Nicholas II was dealing with military affairs in his dormitory, and Nicholas II also cherished this hard-won hour of time to deal with military affairs, and sat next to his own queen and Rasputin, who hastily dealt with military affairs at their suggestion.

Hearing that the Prime Minister had come to report on the march in St. Petersburg, Nicholas II could not help frowning.

"Your Majesty, those damned workers are instigated by the capitalists and the reactionary party behind them. This march cannot be tolerated, otherwise the capitalists and the reactionary party will demand even more. I have calculated that the Empire will win this war very quickly, and no clown will be able to shake the Empire in the slightest. Before Nicholas II could give any opinion, Rasputin next to him couldn't wait.

As a man through and through, Asputin is obsessed with the feeling of power.

With the trust of Nicholas II and his wife, Rasputin handled most of Russia's political and military affairs, and even dumped the blame on the front commanders and capitalists was Rasputin's opinion.

For Rasputin, it was important to guarantee the stability of the position of Nicholas II. After all, only if Nicholas II and his wife are alive, he will be able to control the power of the whole of Russia with Nicholas II and his wife.

As for the impact of his own decisions on Russia, Rasputin actually did not care, and he was completely unaware.

It is better to count on an uneducated god to understand the principles of governing the country and the military, than to count on Nicholas II to exert great military might.

Empress Alexandra also nodded, very supportive of Rasputin's decision to forcefully suppress the demonstrations.

The use of force to suppress the march Nicholas II did not do it for nothing, and naturally there will be no objections.

At the nod of Nicholas II, the St. Petersburg garrison went into action, surrounded a large crowd of marchers, and began to forcibly evacuate them.

In order to prevent capitalists and reactionaries from fleeing St. Petersburg, under the orders of Nicholas II, martial law was imposed on the whole of St. Petersburg, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without the orders of Nicholas II.

In order to prevent the corruption of the St. Petersburg garrison and police, Nicholas II decided to transfer the front-line troops and ordered all police officers to stay in the police station and not to act without an order.

You know, the situation of the St. Petersburg garrison is much worse than that of the front-line army, but there is no guarantee that none of these people have been bought by reactionaries and capitalists.

Not to mention the police, who, like the workers, enjoy the high prices of prices in St. Petersburg and are rightfully dissatisfied with the government.

Immediately after the imposition of martial law in St. Petersburg, a large number of marchers were frightened.

You know, there is no martial law in St. Petersburg without something particularly important and urgent.

As the capital of the empire, every martial law in St. Petersburg also means that there will be bloodshed in St. Petersburg.

The workers only thought about fighting for their rights, and did not think about giving their lives for the sake of the capitalists.

Immediately after Nicholas II lifted the table, a large crowd of marchers was frightened.

After most of the workers who blindly conform to the herd are frightened away, the big ones are the workers who have been bought by the capitalists or co-opted by the political parties.

The number of these workers was small, less than 10,000 in total, and they were also scattered throughout the streets of St. Petersburg.

Some of these people also wanted to retreat, but they soon found out that it was too late. A large number of troops have already surrounded the streets of St. Petersburg, and they are faced with cold muzzles.

"Sir, I'm afraid this is a mistake" A member of one of the leading political parties was about to beg for mercy when he was interrupted by an oncoming bullet.

Bang!

The corpses fell on the street, and the sound of the collision was not loud, but it hit the hearts of all those involved in the march.

Most of these marches, organised by capitalists and political parties, were workers who were disgruntled because they had lost their jobs.

These people don't have any weapons, some just sacrifice their blood for their own livelihood.

As soon as the army opened fire, the remaining crowd was calmed down. People put down the banners in their hands and looked at the army with fear on their faces, waiting for their fate.

"Take it all!"

Seeing that no one resisted, the leading commander nodded with satisfaction and ordered the soldiers to arrest all those who participated in the march.

Even those who participated in the demonstration, some newspapers that attacked the tsarist government, and factories and individuals who were implicated in the demonstration, were on the list of arrests.

It can be inferred from the days that the army has been operating in St. Petersburg for several days, and that at least tens of thousands of people have been captured in this crackdown.

On October 25, 1916, the Russian government began mass executions of captured prisoners.

The tsarist government dealt with these people in a brutal way, either by providing the government with more useful clues or by directly executing them.

Few people are not afraid of death, which has led to the repeated expansion of the list of arrests, even implicating large numbers of people outside St. Petersburg.

All of a sudden, the whole of St. Petersburg was in a panic. The crowd did not even dare to go out of their homes, because the troops patrolling the streets could take them away at any moment.

Although the security environment in St. Petersburg was much better, the Russians would soon face a rather serious problem, that is, a food crisis.

Although it was known that the food crisis in St. Petersburg was much more serious, Nicholas II did not have any idea of relieving these civilians.

For Nicholas II, the failure to dispose of the workers who had done so at the march was already a matter of opening the net, and taking the initiative to help these civilians would have to wait until the next life.

Nicholas II did not have the idea of buying the hearts and minds of the people, after all, Russia has a population of up to 160 million, and it costs at least 160 million rubles per person to send one ruble, which is not a small expense.

It seems that no one in Nicholas II will use his own funds to help the people, let alone these gray animals in Russia who will not feel sorry for millions of people.

With the entry of martial law in St. Petersburg, although prices did not rise for a short time, the problem was that most of the population had lost their jobs.

Before, the money couldn't afford it, but now it is even more unaffordable because of the lack of money, so they can only watch the grain in the seized granaries being transferred to the palace or divided among those high-ranking officials and nobles.

But no one dared to covet the caravan, which was not only guarded by a large number of soldiers, but also patrolled throughout the city, which was not at all coveted by unarmed workers.

But it's an opportunity for all parties. After the purge of the capitalists, the factory workers were like rootless people, who were incapable of resisting the government, but who were also suffering from a real danger of their lives.

Now, with just a small amount of food, it is possible to quickly draw these workers into their own party and strengthen themselves.

Nicholas II may not have looked down on these workers, but for the reactionary party, which was vigorously pursued by the government, the support of a large number of workers was a lifesaver and at the same time better served its own ends.

The vast majority of these political parties in Russia have plans to overthrow the government. This is not surprising, for a decaying and authoritarian empire, there are already dragon slayers who are dissatisfied with the evil dragon, with a chance to kill with one blow.

In fact, looking at all countries in the world, as long as it is human society, it is inseparable from the hierarchical gap and vested interests.

The top wants to desperately squeeze the bottom and squeeze all the value of the bottom to serve themselves.

And after being squeezed for a long time, there will always be warriors who want to slay dragons, and there are many warriors who have succeeded in slaying dragons.

But the problem is that neither a tribe nor a nation can do without an actual leader.

Power will always obscure people's hearts, and when desire triumphs over reason, dragon slayers will eventually become evil dragons.

This kind of reincarnation is played out in every country and at every time, and as long as there are human beings, it is a topic that can never be avoided.

Beginning at the end of October, the party, led by the Workers' Union, began to distribute a portion of food to workers who could not afford to eat, in exchange for the fact that they had to sign a manifesto against the Russian government.

In normal times, even if they were hungry, most workers would not sign such a declaration.

Once caught by the government, the signatories will not only bring disaster to themselves, but also implicate the entire family and their loved ones.

But that's not the case now. Without food relief, these workers and their families will literally starve to death.

Whether you will starve to death now or may be seized by the government in the future, I believe most smart people know what to choose.

At the instigation of these parties, tens of thousands of workers signed a manifesto of resistance against the government and had to stand with them.

As the clock ticked into early November 1916, the Great Purge launched by Nicholas II was successfully completed, and St. Petersburg was restored to its previous order.

The seizure of a large number of capitalists allowed Nicholas II and the tsarist government to obtain a large amount of money and supplies, and the satisfied Nicholas II distributed a small amount of supplies to the people of St. Petersburg with a wave of his hand.

If it had been in the immediate stage of the Great Purge, this might have won over some of the people. But alas, it's too late. Except for the workers who rebelled against the government's declaration, they had been coerced by the political parties and could not return to their former peaceful lives.

A crisis even more chaotic than the previous march was about to erupt, and the triumphant Nicholas II did not know it.

The failure of the previous demonstrations made it clear to the reactionaries that it was impossible for the government to change its policy by means of a milder march alone.

Coupled with the previous dissatisfaction with Nicholas II's purge operation, and after careful consideration, the party led by the Bolshevik Party decided to launch an armed uprising to overthrow the barbaric and cruel government.

On November 7, 1916, thousands of workers forcibly stormed the arsenal in St. Petersburg, taking away a large amount of guns and ammunition from the arsenal.

As soon as the purge was over, Nicholas II and the Russian top brass were very satisfied with the results of the purge and had long since relaxed their vigilance against order in St. Petersburg.

This also led to the fact that the arsenal in St. Petersburg was guarded only by dozens of soldiers, and there was no patrol system.

After the occupation of the arsenal, large quantities of weapons were distributed to the workers. At the same time, a small number of St. Petersburg garrisons, co-opted by the workers' party, defected to the side of the insurrectionary workers and joined in the armed uprising.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and workers marched to the Winter Palace and government departments, attracting large crowds of onlookers.

Without any preparation from the tsarist government, the rebel contingent soon seized the Winter Palace and government departments, arresting a large number of high-ranking Russian officials and generals.

Fortunately, Nicholas II was located in the palace outside St. Petersburg at that time, and did not live in the Winter Palace, otherwise he would have been arrested.

But the ranks of the uprising, which occupied the Hermitage and the ministries, actually took control of the vast majority of St. Petersburg.

The control of the capital was a huge blow to Nicholas II and Russia, and if not handled well, such rebellions could break out everywhere in Russia.

On the one hand, Nicholas II urgently repatriated his troops, which had just been evacuated from St. Petersburg, and on the other hand, urgently appealed to Britain, France, and Australasia for help.

By the time Arthur received the news of the outbreak of the Russian rebellion, it was already November 8.

The news of the civil unrest in Russia was not good news for the Entente, as it meant that Russia was almost 100% out of the war.

Regardless of which side won the civil strife, the Russian authorities had no strength left to fight this war any longer.

Without Russia's containment, the Germans who fought on a single front were not weaker than the Anglo-French forces, and even had the ability to help Austria-Hungary, which was already in danger.

In order to ensure the stability of Russia as much as possible, and at the same time to weaken the strength of the Soviet Union to be established in the future, Arthur immediately decided to order the intelligence personnel in Russia to rescue the family of Nicholas II as much as possible, and at least to rescue the heir to the throne like Crown Prince Alexei, so as to ensure the continued existence of the Russian monarchy as much as possible.

The Russian Empire, ruled by the Romanovs, was an ally of Australasia, but Russia, which was controlled by the rebels, had nothing to do with Australasia.

The countries formed by these parties could easily influence the Russian population in Australasia, and at the same time cost the Allies and Australasia a major ally.

According to the trend of Russia after the uprising in history, Russia and the United States at that time jointly destroyed the colonial system maintained by Britain and France for hundreds of years, and let Britain and France, the two top powers, step down from the altar.

For a country as large as Australasia, which also has a large number of colonies and territories, the collapse of the colonial system is not good news.

Therefore, it is necessary to weaken the country as much as possible.

On November 9, 1916, a mighty uprising surrounded the palace where Nicholas II was located.

The palace was guarded by thousands of soldiers, which was enough to ensure the safety of Nicholas II in peacetime.

But now facing a siege of tens of thousands of people, Nicholas II could only hope for the support of his allies and the return of the front-line army.

What scared Nicholas II happened anyway. The defenders in the palace also mutinied, and although the mutiny was unsuccessful, it greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the defenders.

After a two-day siege, the palace was finally conquered by the rebels, and Nicholas II and the royal family were captured by the rebels with a miserable face.

Although the Russian uprising was a complete success, the current situation in Russia was not as smooth as it seemed.

First of all, within the Russian rebel army, there were still two factions. The more powerful was the alliance of the working class formed by the Bolsheviks and other workers' parties.

This faction advocated the establishment of a fully republican democratic government and the withdrawal of the monarchy that had existed in Russia for thousands of years.

On the other hand, the other faction is dominated by the big landlords and big capitalists in Russia. Because the capitalists had already been weakened to a certain extent, the strength of this faction was also weaker than that of the working class.

But the bourgeoisie feared the working class more than the previous tsarist government, because the workers and the bourgeoisie were inherently opposed, and bourgeoisie was equal to exploitation, and it was in order that the workers rebelled against exploitation.

Fearing a future liquidation of the working class, the bourgeoisie opposed the abolition of the monarchy and advocated the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, the transfer of power to parliament, and fair competition among all parties.

The bourgeois proposal was quickly opposed by the working class. The bourgeoisie is mostly the big aristocrats and big capitalists, and although it is weaker, the capital is much stronger than that of the working class.

If there is competition only in parliament, it is impossible for the working class to compete with the bourgeoisie as long as the bourgeoisie is willing to spend money.

It is tantamount to ceding power to the bourgeoisie, which is contrary not only to the original intention of the working class to launch an uprising, but also to the desire of some of the workers' coalition parties to gain power.

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