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Revolutionary Situation in Russia 1905 - Research Paper

Revolutionary Situation in Russia 1905

Using three or four points, explain how The Russo-Japanese War contributed to a revolutionary situation in Russia by 1905.

The unexpected defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese War was highly significant in contributing to a revolutionary situation by 1905.

Firstly, soldiers who were angered by the harsh conditions they had endured during the war and their humiliating defeat, began to revolt in certain instances such as the mutiny of the Battleship Potemkin in 1905. This allowed the Tsar to understand the seriousness of the possible threat to his power. Even more, this same dissatisfaction with the defeat and disillusionment with the Tsar was re-echoed amongst the urban population as ...

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that threatened to overboil e.g.( in Russian cities there were an average 16 people to an apartment and factory workers endured 60 hour working weeks.) The â€˜sparkâ€™ of the January Bloody Sunday massacre caused the flames of revolution to arise.

Finally the fact that angry sailors and soldiers were returning to St Petersburg in October 1905 as a massive general strike was raging, forced the Tsar to take action because he knew they could otherwise add to the growing unrest and lead to a full to a full blown revolution. The October Manifesto, released on October 17 1905, promised reform that was so highly sort after since Bloody Sunday and defeat in ...

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Added: 3/17/2016 11:22:25 PM
Submitted By: josh_moore
Category: European History
Type: Free Paper
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