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Industrialization
Russia had been gradually industrializing for years. Workers formed revolutionary movements to try to improve their working conditions and give themselves more power in the workplace. The groups became one group dedicated to ensuring that the working people ruled Russia. Their group eventually split into the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. -
Russo-Japanese War
In the 1800s, Russia and Japan were arguing over control of Korea and Manchuria. They came to agreements but Russia broke them and Japan attacked the Russians at Port Arthur -
Bloody Sunday
Russian workers tried to petition Czar Nicholas ll for better working conditions, more freedoms, and a representative government. The Czar's troops fired on the workers, killing several hundred men. This event demonstrated the socioeconomic problems suffered by the Russian people and the unwillingness of the monarchy to reform.
