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Rioting and disturbances in the capitals and in many localities of Our Empire fill Our heart with great and heavy grief. The well-being of the Russian Sovereign is inseparable from the national well-being; the national sorrow is His sorrow.

— Nicholas II of Russia

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Is it possible that for twenty-two years I tried to act for the best and that for twenty-two years it was all a mistake?

Is it possible that for 22 years I tried to act for the best and that for 22 years it was all a mistake?

For this reason we, in agreement with the State Duma, think it best to abdicate the throne of the Russian State and to lay down the Supreme Power.

I will preserve the principle of Autocracy as firmly and unflinchingly as my late father.

That fat Rodzianko has again sent me some nonsense to which I will not even reply.

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