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Russia 1900-1914 (Key political groups that opposed Tsarist rule at this…
Russia 1900-1914
Believing they had gained a democracy, many groups such as the Liberals and middle classes stopped their protests and supported the government.
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During the first decade of the 1900s, Russia was a troubled state.
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Unfortunately, the successes of the time were overshadowed by industrial strikes that began in the Lena goldfields in April 1912.
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Widespread poverty amongst the peasants in rural areas meant that they struggled to meet their redemption payments.
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By June 1905, strikes were beginning to spread through many of Russia’s cities and sailors upon the battleship Potemkin mutinied.
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Nicholas II survived the 1905 crisis because his opponents were not united, there was no central leadership and he was willing to compromise at the critical moment by issuing the October Manifesto.
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In addition to this law, Nicholas took other measures to maintain his authority.
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Nicholas had no intention of fulfilling the conditions of the October Manifesto and in April 1906 issued the Fundamental Laws, which stated that:
The All-Russian Emperor possesses the supreme autocratic power. Not only fear and conscience, but God himself, commands obedience to his authority.
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The first two Dumas were radical in their views and demanded more power for themselves and rights for the Russian citizens
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