The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. It included labor strikes, peasant unrest, military mutinies, and the formation of grassroots councils (soviets) of people's power. It is widely felt that the 1905 revolution set the stage for the 1917 Russian Revolutions, and for Bolshevism to emerge as a distinct political movement. Lenin later called it "The Great Dress Rehearsal", without which the "victory of the October Revolution in 1917 would have been impossible".
The 1905 revolution was spurred by the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, which ended in the same year, but also by the growing realization by a variety of sectors of society of the need for reform in the face of agrarian crisis, economic stagnation, and political repression. However, it is generally felt that the detonator of the insurrection were the events of βBloody Sundayβ, in which a mass demonstration -led by priest and police agent, Georgy Gapon- which had sought to petition the Tsar for relief, was fired upon by the troops, killing hundreds of marchers.
There followed clashes in St. Petersburg, and spreading unrest throughout the rest of the Russian Empire. Strikes spread in three great waves: January, October, and November. In June the crew of the battleship Potemkin famously mutinied against their officers. There were further clashes in St. Petersburg in December.
The rebellion did not overthrow the autocracy, but by late 1905 the Tsar felt obligated by events to agree to constitutional reforms, including the establishment of the State Duma, a multi-party political system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906.
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Has anyone here watched the Australian Crime/Detective Parody/Dramedy show Deadloch?
First of all, great show. It's about this small town in Tasmania that has been suddenly inundated with lesbians, which causes a lot of tension with the good old boys club that used to run the town before all the lesbians moved there. And now the town is in the midst of holding a feminist art gala when the bodies of murdered men start being found, so the lesbian police chief has to investigate, and high command sends her a new partner who is very brash and rude and poorly dressed and aggresively straight. I think it strikes a good balance of making a fairly compelling mystery and drama about some cops and their families, while also having it be comedic throughout.
Okay now spoilers for Deadloch:
But I was disappointed that Cath (the selfish but warm and loving golden-retriever-turned-into-a-woman wife of the police chief) wasn't the murderer. I mean, on one hand it's very appropriate that in a show as deliberately feminist as this one that everyone thought the murderer was a woman, including the two women leading the investigation, but it turns out to be a man. On the other hand, the show is clearly at least in part a parody of Broadchurch, so having the spouse of the main character turn out to be the killer fits with that. Also, who doesn't want to see the warm and bubbly animal lover turn out to be a deranged murderer?See also this random lady who appeared on my for you page talking along a similar line. Not about Deadloch, just about evil women characters. https://www.tiktok.com/@poppylaur/video/7303297766682266923