Repudiation of debt at the Russian Revolution II, the last Emperor of Russia, was forced to sign his abdication and the end of the Russian Imperial Government and of the Romanov dynasty. The new government decided to continue the war, which meant more military spending. To increase budget revenues, a state monopoly was introduced on the sales of sugar, tea, matches, tobacco, and other consumer products. Still, the printing press remained the main source of revenues. This was a period of hyperinflation. The Provisional government was overthrown on October 24, 1917, and the Soviet government was created. The amounts of payments in default were enormous. Russian debt
Partition of the Ottoman Empire up to the Enos-Midia line", and "a part of the Asiatic coast between the Bosporus, the Sakarya River, and a point to be determined on the shore of the Bay of İzmit." The Constantinople Agreement was made public by the Russian newspaper "Izvestiya" in November 1917, to gain the support of the Armenian public for the Russian revolution. However, the said revolution effectively ended Russian plans. The British seeking control over the straits of Marmara led to the Occupation of Constantinople, with French assistance, from 13 November 1918 to 23 September 1923. After the Turkish War of Independence and the