<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tsar">Tsar</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Nicholas II of Russia</a> abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.<sup about="#mwt103" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_15#cite_note-19" id="mwrA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrQ">[19]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt107" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_15#cite_note-20" id="mwrg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrw">[20]</span></a></sup>
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