1905 in Russia - Nikolas the Tsar

- Workers on strike - 40,00 by end of the month - Surrender @ Port Arthur

- Strikers in St. Petersburg Spread to other cities (e.g Moscow) - T-sar's Uncle assassinated

Continued defeats in Russo-Japanese war (Mukden) - Students Striking @ Moscow Uni - All Tertiary institutions shut down

- Defeat @Tsushima - Natioanl Minorities campaign for independence - Middle-class ramps up protesting for change -> Free Speech -> Elected Parliament -> Right to form political parties

Potemkin Mutiny - Officers Killed

- Peasant Riots in Country Side - Land-owners houses looted + burned

- Portsmouth Treaty - peace with Japan - Soldiers and sailors come home to help settle the riots in Russia

Strikes continuing to spread out of major cities - St. Petersburg Soviet Forms (Workers Council)