At the request of Lieutenant-General
Sergei Semyonovich Khabalov, the Tsar ordered General
Nikolai Ivanov to pull special units from the front, but it was too late. Prince Golitsyn still had time to ask Nikolai to dismiss the government and appoint a new prime minister whom the crowd would respect and listen to, but the ruler replied: 'Under the present circumstances I consider any change in the composition of the government unacceptable, which closed the way to any possible peaceful solution. The Tsar retained the consistency of concrete. A few hours later, Khabalov deposed to him with the information that he was unable to bring order to the city.