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20th Century Russia
1905
Growing unrest
In
1904, the tsarist government waged a "glorious" war with Japan in
an attempt to gain popularity amongst the Russians. Instead, a series of terrible
defeats led people to become increasingly discontent with the way the country
was run. Angry about the war and with poor living conditions, a group of workers
peacefully marched to the Winter Palace in St Petersburg to ask for political
change. In an incident called "Bloody Sunday",
troops fired into the crowd without warning, killing many people. This sparked
off a wave of unrest and riots amongst the commoners as well as the military.
Bowing to popular protest, the Tsar promised
to set up an elected advisory council or duma. Although measures were
taken to try and modernise Russia’s economy as well as increase the wealth of
the peasants, most of these ended in failure.
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1910-1920:
Growing
opposition