The October Manifesto - The First Time Since All This Had Begun That the Czar Really Got Ahead of the Curve

The october manifesto was considered by practically every one to be a decisive and historic moment for russia. The mood of the ire abruptly shifted as people went crazy in celebration. People poured into the streets. In moscow, they sang lhe marseilles. In saint petersburg, they flocked to the winter palace to cheer the czar. Even pavel milakof, the leader of the radical democratic faction, said, nothing changes. Nicholas had made these concessions under duress, and he would turn on as soon as he could. But that was for later. For now, he was forced to put his empire in the hands of a glorified railroad clerk named ser