Russia conflicted on how to mark 100 years since revolutions It was the year that ended centuries of royal rule, brought two revolutions, ushered in Soviet domination and changed the course of Russian history irrevocably. Now a century later the country seems unsure how to treat the tumultuous events of 1917 that saw it hurtle from the abdication of the last Tsar Nicholas II to a Communist dictatorship in a matter of months. IMAGES from site of February 1917 revolution and SOUNDBITES