Revolution+of+1905

The Revolution of 1905 was a Russian peasant revolution. Before this revolution, Russia had been making gains in territory and helping other areas, such as the Balkans, with becoming nations. These gains wern't enough for the Russians though. They became somewhat overextended, with no milirary to back up their expansion. After the Russians lost to Japan in the Russo-Japanese Warin 1904, protesting broke out in 1905. Workers put on strikes. Peasants led revolts. These groups wanted more political power. Nicholas II, the tsar at this point, created a naional parliament called the duma. There were also important reforms known as the Stolypin reforms. Unluckily, kulaks began to buy all of the land and the duma was stripped of power. New protesting broke out. The Russians were kind of back where they started. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2716484543_7532e99ea6.jpg Created by Charlie Baker 2/12/09