The Russian Revolution - Part Two

The revolution of 19 o five unfolded in a series of stages, each of which found the czar and his chief advisers steadfastly and resolutely right behind the curve. The first phase was defined by the defeats in the far east, which led to widespread calls for reform from liberals and zemstva constitutionalists. Immediately after bloody sunday,. a wave of protest and strike swept russia tha included workers and professionals and intellectuals and revolutionaries - many of them coordinating through the underground union of liberation. On january eighth, 19 o five, they walked into the bloody day massacre, which is widely regarded, though i think a bit erroneously, as the beginning of the revolution of 19 O