Russian Revolution of 1905

Britannica ^ | 7th July 2025

[Cronos]

Russian Revolution of 1905, uprising that was instrumental in convincing Tsar Nicholas II to attempt the transformation of the Russian government from an autocracy into a constitutional monarchy. For several years before 1905 and especially after the humiliating Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), diverse social groups demonstrated their discontent with the Russian social and political system. Their protests ranged from liberal rhetoric to strikes and included student riots and terrorist assassinations. These efforts, coordinated by the Union of Liberation, culminated in the massacre of peaceful demonstrators in the square before the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, on Bloody Sunday (January 9 [January 22, New Style], 1905).

In St. Petersburg and other major industrial centres, general strikes followed. Nicholas responded in February by announcing his intention to establish an elected assembly to advise the government. But his proposal did not satisfy the striking workers, the peasants (whose uprisings were spreading), or even the liberals of the zemstvos (local government organs) and of the professions, who by April were demanding that a constituent assembly be convened.

...The Duma ran for 73 days until 8 July 1906, but the Tsar and his loyal prime minister Ivan Goremykin were keen to keep it in check, and reluctant to share power;

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; russiancivilwar

[Dalberg-Acton]

It's been a while since I read Anthony Sutton's Wall Street And The Bolshevik Revolution

[ChessExpert]

Also available at Amazon (Kindle).

[DIRTYSECRET]

For that reason we’ll always need to keep the difference between rich and poor to a ‘manageable’ state. That means giving enough assistance to the poor to where we take from the rest of us. It goes against our principals but we have to make the homeless encampments disappear for starters. Mental joints are more expensive. Take away the talking points of the socialists to where their arguments fall on deaf ears. 10% of the population needs TOTAL care. Keep that number down and out of sight.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Think of Lennie(Of Mice And Men). No way he was getting laid. Could access to sex have saved him? Bouncers in the cat house hallway ready to pounce? Doomed to be tragic.

Think the Great Society. Pay off the poor so that they don’t riot. Looks like there’s a sweet spot making them work 85 hours a month. I say double that at a real job-no ‘school’ or volunteer work.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Cronos.