[General] Ruzskii advised Rodzianko that the Tsar [Nicholas II] had consented to the formation of a cabinet appointed by and responsible to the legislature. Rodzianko responded:
It is obvious that His Majesty and you do not realize what is going on here. One of the most terrible revolutions has broken out, which it will not be so easy to quell… The troops are completely demoralized, they not only disobey but kill their officers. Hatred of Her Majesty [Alexandra] has reached extreme limits… I must inform you that what you propose is no longer adequate, and the dynastic question has been raised point-blank.
In response to Ruzskii’s request for clarification, Rodzianko answered that
troops everywhere are joining the Duma and the people and there is a definite, terrible demand for abdication in favor of the [Tsar’s] son under a regency of Michael Aleksandrovich.
He recommended that the dispatch of front-line troops to Petrograd be halted “since they will not move against the people.”
Source:
Pipes, Richard. "The February Revolution." The Russian Revolution. New York: Knopf, 1990. 311. Print.
Further Reading:
Никола́й Влади́мирович Ру́зский (Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky)
Михаи́л Влади́мирович Родзя́нко (Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko)
Николай II Алекса́ндрович (Nikolai II Aleksandrovich) / Nicholas II of Russia / Nicholas the Bloody
[Alix of Hesse and by Rhine / Александра Фёдоровна (Alexandra Feodorovna) / Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)
Алексе́й Никола́евич (Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia)
Михаи́л Александрович (Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia)
Петрогра́д (Petrograd) / Ленингра́д (Leningrad) / Санкт-Петербу́рг (Saint Petersburg)
Февра́льская револю́ция (February Revolution) / February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution
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