The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of strikes, peasant uprisings, mutinies and political protests across the Russian Empire, set off by discontent with autocracy, poor working conditions and the defeat in the war with Japan. It began with Bloody Sunday in January 1905, when troops fired on a peaceful procession of workers led by Father Georgy Gapon toward the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Strikes spread, the battleship Potemkin mutinied, and workers set up councils called soviets, notably in St. Petersburg. Under pressure Tsar Nicholas II issued the October Manifesto, promising civil liberties and an elected Duma, though the government then regained control and curtailed the new parliament. The events did not bring down the monarchy but were seen as a rehearsal for the revolutions of 1917.
Before and after
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- 1905Henry Fairfield Osborn names Tyrannosaurus rex
- 2 January 1905Discovery of Elara
- 9 January 1905Bloody Sunday
- from 22 January 1905 to 16 June 1907Russian Revolution of 1905
- 26 January 1905Discovery of Cullinan Diamond
- 2 February 1905Birth of Ayn Rand
- 23 February 1905Founding of Rotary International
- 10 March 1905Founding of Chelsea F.C.
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