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Timeline of the important events leading to the Russian Revolution -…
Timeline of the important
events leading to the Russian Revolution
1904
1905
1914
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Nicholas II became the Tsar of Russia and its empire.
World War 1 broke out between 2 European alliances - the Central powers and France, Britain, and Russia (later Italy and Romania).
As the war continued Russia suffered drastic impacts and anti- german sentiments ran high which can be seen in the renaming of St. Petersburg (a german name) into Petrograd.
The refusal of consulting the main parties in the Duma by the Tsar, the Tsarina's German origins, poor advisors especially a monk named Rasputin made the autocracy unpopular
Bloody Sunday occured killing over 100 workers and wounding 300.This lead to the 1905 revolution.
During the 1905 revolution strikes took place all over the country and universities closed down when student bodies walked complaining about lack of civil liberties.
Lawyers,doctor, and other middle class workers established the Union of Unions and demanded a comstituent assembly.
During the 1905 revolution, the Tsar allowed for the creation of an elected consultative Parliament or Duma, which was dismissed within 75 days and the second Duma was elected within 3 months. After some time he changed the laws and packed the third Duma with conservative politicians due to the Tzar not wanting any questioning or reduction in his authority.
Incidents regarding peasents refusing to pay rent and murdering landlords took place all over the country
In,1904 prices of essntial goods rose quickly and real wages declined by 20 %.
Over the next few days after 4 workers were dispatched from Putilov Iron Works, 110,000 workers in St. Petersburg went on strike regarding working conditions.