History - 1905 revolution timeline (RUSSIA)

By emmaholt

  • Poor harvest

    This meant many Russians were struck with famine. Increased hardship and discontent around peasants - expected to export grain, but did not have enough to feed themselves

  • Russo-Japanese War

    Tsar took Russia to war with Japan over Manchuria - Japan looking to take over territory that bordered Russia
    Causes food shortages, taxes were raised (hunger and poverty)

  • Bloody Sunday

    Peaceful protest - petition signed by 50,000 taken to Tsar's St Petersburg palace
    Tsar wasn't home - but cossacks were - fired on crowd, killed around 100

  • Strikes

    400,000 people on strike

  • Strikes

    Strikes spread
    Tsar's uncle assassinated

  • Defeats

    Army suffered shameful defeats in Russo-Japanese war
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  • Defeats

    Army suffered shameful defeats in Russo-Japanese war
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  • Mutinies

    Potemkin Mutiny
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  • Peace Treaty

    Japan and Russia signed a peace treaty - Russian army now free to squash revolution
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  • OCTOBER MANIFESTO

    Revolution risk ended with the publication of the October Manifesto
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