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The start of the war between Japan and Russia over the Korea peninsula.
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The Russian people proposed a declaration of loyalty to the Czar, Nicholas II.
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120,000 industrial workers go on strike in St. Petersburg.
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Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in the streets of St. Petersburg. This is called "Bloody Sunday".
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The Czar meets with a group of industrial workers and says he "forgives them" for their demonstrations.
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Strikes break out in factories at the docks in Odessa.
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Cossack soldiers open fire on protestors in Moscow; ten people die.
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An uprising of several thousand military personnel at a naval base in Sevastopol, Ukraine. It is eventually crushed by troops loyal to the tsar.
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Nicholas II; the Czar of Russia resigns.