The Revolution of 19 O 4

Russian liberals were as shocked as anyone to be leading the revolutionary charge in 19 o four, given how much they seemed faded to a life of disappointed frustration. The heyday of the era of great reform back in the 18 sixties and 18 seventies was long since passd. There was that brief flicker of hope upon the ascension of nicholas the second, that things might get better,. But nicholas told them all to give up their senseless dreams. And so it went.