The Feast of the Bolegan Constitution

The czar hoped he might be able to sneak out of all these domestic troubles if his foreign troubles might end. His foreign troubles ended in a very a monkey's paw wished kind of way. At the battle of sushima, the japanese navy sank the russian fleet that had sailed half way across the world carrying the last best hope of winning the war. The bolegan constitution involved elections and a national duma and a bunch of stuff that would have seemed visionary in november 19 o four but which now fell way short of the mark. That's just not good enough any more.