The Moscow Revolution was only the beginning. Uprisings soon broke out one after another across the Russian Empire, some succeeding, others failing.
The most influential was the Yekaterinburg Uprising, which erupted on August 7, 1917. After succeeding, the rebels deposed Nicholas II and enthroned Little Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov as the new Tsar of the Russian Empire.
(Note: Little Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov (1856–1929), son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder, the third son of Nicholas I of Russia.)
He was also a "Nicholas II," so to distinguish him, he became "Little Nicholas I." Clearly, these nobles were no fools. They knew the Tsar would never spare them, and they could not piss in the same pot as the bourgeoisie either. They might as well enthrone a Tsar who represented their own interests!
Moreover, Little Nicholas I was the commander of the Caucasus Theater and controlled nearly a quarter of Russia's current military forces. With the nobles' backing added in, his strength had already far surpassed that of the Moscow "Russian Republic."
Fine, Ferdinand admitted that Little Nicholas I had been his handiwork. Without his guidance, these nobles would not have thought of enthroning a new emperor so soon. Even the candidate for Tsar had been chosen with Ferdinand's help. Otherwise, they might have gone to Moscow to fight the bourgeoisie for dominance, only to be swept into the same pot by Lenin as in history!
Naturally, things were different now. They had already established themselves as an independent faction. Political struggle could no longer settle this; if it came to real blades and guns, these nobles were no cowards!
The birth of "Little Nicholas I" filled Nicholas II with fury. Only two choices lay before him: either abdicate voluntarily and yield the throne to his cousin-uncle, or suppress the rebellion