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The Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide spasm of both anti-government and undirected violence. It was not controlled or managed, and it had no single cause or aim. See also "Russian history, 1892-1920" for the general frame of events.
Background
Although unrests had been a regular part of the Russian Empire, serious disturbances had been rare in the decades prior to 1905. Nonetheless, political discontent had been building since the controversial 1861 emancipation of the serfs by Alexander II. The emancipation was dangerously incomplete, with years of 'redemption' payments to the dvoryanstvo, and only limited, technical freedom for the narod (common people). Rights for the people were still embedded in a range of duties and rules which were rigidly structured by social class.
The emancipation was only one part of a range of governmental, legal, social and economic changes began in the 1860s as the country slowly moved from feudal absolutism towards market-driven capitalism. While these reforms had liberalised economic, social and cultural structures, the political system was left virtually unchanged. Attempts at reform were sternly resisted by the monarchy and the bureaucracy. Even agreed-upon development was limited; for example, less than forty provinces had zemstvo (rural councils), fifty years after the legislation was introduced. The raising of expectations, offset by the limited implementation progress, produced frustration which eventually led to rebellion. The feeling among those who rebelled was that the demand for 'land and liberty' could only be truly met by revolution.
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Anton Chekhov and the 1905 Revolution - An analysis of Chekov's Cherry Orchard, written in 1904, in light of the subsequent Revolution of 1905.
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Democracy or Theocracy: Frank, Struve, Berdjaev, Bulgakov, and the 1905 Russian Revolution - Geir Flikke analyses the writings of four of the exile thinkers in the period from 1903 to 1906 and gives an assessment of their philosophical and political ideas in the context of the 1905 Revolution.
Lenin: Lecture on the 1905 Revolution - Delivered in German on January 9, 1917 at a meeting of young workers in the Zurich People's House.
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Leon Trotsky: Permanent Revolution - Theoretical work by Leon Trotsky which tries to draw the lessons of 1905 and builds a general theory of revolution from them.
Lessons of the Moscow Uprising - Lenin's analysis of the 1905 Revolution.
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Peter Kropotkin on the 1905 Revolution - The anarchist theorist's reflections and analysis on the uprising.
Russia Revolution 1905 - Synopsis of the events from a military point of view.
The First Russian Revolution 1905 - 1907 - Brief summary of the period.
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The Revolution of 1905 - Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel.
The Year 1905 - Leon Trotsky's first hand account of the Russian Revolution of 1905
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