Russian Revolution of 1905
Causes
•Low morale after RussoJapanese War
•Poverty & bad working
conditions
•Corrupt government
•Persecution of minorities
•“Bloody Sunday”
Results
•“October Manifesto”
•Nicholas II sets up the Duma
•Nicholas II dissolves the first
Duma
•Pogroms continue
•New voting laws limit power of
later Dumas