The Great Strike of 19 O 5

A lot of credit for the rapid spread of the strike and its simple demand goes to the union of liberation. The other revolutionary groups had struggled with this all year. Meanwhile, the czarist regime was itself, again, slow to recognize what was happening under their feet. Just sitting around hoping the problem would resolve itself was no longer tenable. So nicholas did something he really did not want to do. He asked serge vitta for advice.