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 “Bloody Sunday”, 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.

Documents Russian Revolution of 1905

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  • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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    10 months ago

    yeah its pretty tough. If you really click with them specifically you could be a little more forward and explicitly ask about seeing them more outside of xy activity you met through, but its a fair bit of work on both ends to keep that up long enough to really get embedded in eachothers circles

    One thing that's sorta helped me is getting people like, into my existing friend groups, and myself into theirs (latter is more out of my hands tho), rather than just focusing on deepening their one-on-one friendship with me. Cause then even if we don't meet for weeks at a time because we're both busy, we might both independently get invited to something by a mutual friend, we end up in the same group chats, at the same get togethers, etc. and its harder to accidentally lose touch completely

    • ElectronNumberSeven
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      10 months ago

      One thing that's sorta helped me is getting people like, into my existing friend groups, and myself into theirs

      yea

      I do not have an existing irl friend group, every single one of my friends is online, I've never actually had a irl friend

      • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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        10 months ago

        Yeah that's a tough situation, but it hopefully means you have a bit more time to dedicate to keeping up with those you do make, and if they invite you to stuff with their friend groups, to actually go to it?

        Either way I've heard similar from a lot of people on here, so you aren't alone, you just need to find your people. They may be nearby and feel just as isolated as you do

      • VHS [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        I know the feeling, I didn't have any IRL friends for the 9 years after graduating high school. I just recently started making some friends at salsa dancing after going there weekly for a few months.

        • bigboopballs [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          I didn't have any IRL friends for the 9 years after graduating high school.

          Going on year 17 of not having had a single IRL person to hang out with or even enjoy saying hi to if I see them somewhere sadness-abysmal