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Fig 1. Unknown. “Red Guard Peace Demonstration on Marsovaya Pola.” 

KEY DATES

May 1986 - Tsar Nicholas II Coronation

1904-1905 - Russo-Japanese War

Jan 22, 1905 - Bloody Sunday

Oct 30, 1905 - October Manifesto

1914 - Beginning of WWI

Feb/March 1917 - Revolution - Lenin takes power

Oct/Nov 1917 - Revolution - Tsar Abdicates

Precipitants - Short term causes / Catalysts

  • War
  • General Strike
  • Mutiny

Fig 2. Morecombe and Fielding.

Preconditions - Long Term Causes

  • Economic Downturn
  • Psychological - Discontent
  • Political - Corruption & Inefficiency
  • Political - Division in ruling classes
  • Social - Poverty
  • Social - Class Struggle

Fig 3. Punch Magazine.