Why can the February Revolution be called both a mass movement and a power crisis?

Correct answer: People were on streets and institutions of rule were breaking

The February Revolution had two connected dimensions. It was a mass movement because workers went on strike, women protested for bread, crowds filled the streets, and soldiers increasingly refused to fire on demonstrators or joined them. It was also a power crisis because the Tsarist government could no longer command obedience, the Duma became involved in forming an alternative authority, and the old administration lost effective control. Option A correctly combines popular participation with the breakdown of governing institutions. Option B ignores society and wrongly presents the Tsar as fully decisive. Option C reduces a broad political and social crisis to trade alone. Option D reverses the historical situation, since both public crowds and political representatives were active.