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One Hundred Years Ago Today in Russia, March 1, 1917 |
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March 1, 1917 (February 16, 1917 old calendar): Authorities issue cards for rationing bread in Petrograd. Food shortages were widespread in Russia during World War I. Not only had many agricultural workers been conscripted into the armies, but the armies themselves still had to be fed.
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