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[[File:1905 Russian revolution.png|thumb|263x263px|Illustration of the rebellion on the battleship ''Potemkin'']]
The '''Russian revolution of 1905''', or the '''First Russian Revolution''', was a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]]-democratic [[revolution]] which that took place between January 1905 and June 1907 in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]]. It was during this revolution that the first [[Soviet (governmental body)|Soviets]] were established by workers to organize their revolution.
The '''Russian revolution of 1905''', or the '''First Russian Revolution''', was a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]]-democratic [[revolution]] which that took place between January 1905 and June 1907 in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]]. It was during this revolution that the first [[Soviet (governmental body)|Soviets]] were established by workers to organize their revolution.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch03.htm|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/index.htm}}</ref>


== Start of revolution ==
== Strikes ==
In December 1904, a large [[Strike action|strike]] of oilfield workers began in [[Baku]]. This was followed by strikes in [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] in January 1905.


=== Strikes ===
== Bloody Sunday ==
In December 1904, a large [[Strike action|strike]] of oilfield [[Proletariat|workers]] led by the [[Bolsheviks]] began in [[Baku]]. This was followed by strikes in [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] in January 1905.<ref name=":0" />
On 22 January 1905, 140,000 workers gathered and marched to the Winter Palace to bring a petition to [[Nicholas II|Tsar Nicholas II]]. The tsar's troops fired upon them, killing over a thousand unarmed workers. By the end of January, about 440,000 workers were on strike.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution|section=Russo-Japanese War. Further Rise of the Revolutionary Movement in Russia. Strikes in St. Petersburg. Workers’ Demonstration Before the Winter Palace on January 9, 1905. Demonstration Fired Upon. Outbreak of the Revolution|city=New York|publisher=International Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch03.htm#1._}}</ref>
 
=== Bloody Sunday ===
On 22 January 1905, 140,000 workers gathered and marched to the Winter Palace to bring a petition to [[Nicholas II|Tsar Nicholas II]]. The tsar's troops fired upon them, killing over a thousand unarmed workers. By the end of January, about 440,000 workers were on strike.<ref name=":0" />
 
=== ''Potemkin'' revolt ===
In June 1905, soldiers on the battleship ''Potemkin'' revolted following a strike in Odessa. The tsar dispatched other battleships to deal with the revolt, but they refused to fire on the ''Potemkin''.<ref name=":0" />
 
== Dumas ==
 
=== First Duma ===
On 30 October 1905, the tsar issued the October Manifesto and promised to create a representative Duma. The election law vastly overrepresented [[Landlord|landlords]] and [[Bourgeoisie|capitalists]] and did not let women vote. The Bolsheviks boycotted the Duma, and the tsar dispersed it in the summer of 1906.<ref name=":0" />
 
=== Second Duma ===
The Bolsheviks decided to participate in the Second ([[Alexander Bulygin|Bulygin]]) Duma in order to advance the revolutionary movement.<ref name=":0" /> On 3 June 1907, the tsar dissolved the Duma.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves an Independent Marxist Party|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch04.htm|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/index.htm}}</ref>
 
=== Third Duma ===
The Third Duma further reduced representation of [[Proletariat|workers]] and [[Peasantry|peasants]] while increasing it for landlords and capitalists. Of 442 deputies in the Duma, 171 were [[Black Hundreds]], 113 were [[Union of October 17|Octobrists]] and their allies, 101 were [[Constitutional Democratic Party|Kadets]], 13 were [[Labour Group|Trudoviki]], and 18 were [[Russian Social Democratic Labor Party|Socialists]].<ref name=":02" />


== Tactics of Bolsheviks and Mensheviks ==
== Tactics of Bolsheviks and Mensheviks ==


=== Bolsheviks ===
=== Bolsheviks ===
The [[Bolsheviks]] supported the peasantry against the landlords and boycotted the Bulygin Duma, the representative legislature created by the tsar.<ref name=":0" />
The [[Bolsheviks]] supported the [[peasantry]] against the [[Landlord|landlords]] and boycotted the [[Bulygin Duma]], a representative legislature created by the tsar.<ref>{{Citation|author=Joseph Stalin|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|title-url=|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution|section=Tactical Differences Between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. Third Party Congress. Lenin’s ''Two Tactics of Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution''. Tactical Foundations of the Marxist Party|city=New York|publisher=International Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch03.htm#2._}}</ref>


=== Mensheviks ===
=== Mensheviks ===
The [[Mensheviks]] supported the [[Liberalism|liberal]] bourgeoisie and not the peasants in the 1905 revolution. They also participated in the Bulygin Duma.<ref name=":0" />
The [[Mensheviks]] supported the liberal bourgeoisie and not the peasants in the 1905 revolution. They also participated in the [[Bulygin Duma]].


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Revolutions]]
[[Category:Revolutions]]
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