The revolution of 1905 whatever its success or failure was, nonetheless it was an important event in the last dying years of autocratic imperial Russia. Failure in many cases throughout history is only judged by the events that follow and this is true in many ways of the 1905 revolution. The events of 1905 involved many different people, all of whom had their own grievances with the prevailing Russian system. By examining their demands and what they were conceded after the revolution will it be determined that the revolution was a failure.
The key problems in Russia, which lead to the revolt of the people were after suffering a harsh defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Russia's tsar, Nicholas II, found himself facing a nation that was pleading for fundamental government reforms and basic rights. Unwilling to give up his power, but knowing that action had to be taken, Nicholas issued a constitution that granted citizens the most basic civil liberties. It had, however, no effect on the government and Nicholas continued his autocratic reign. Dissatisfied with the constitution's results, the working class of Russia followed the leadership of Father Georgii Gapon, an Orthodox priest. This was the spark of the 1905 uprising, the massacre of hundreds of St. Petersburg factory workers outside the Winter Palace on Sunday 9 of January in what was supposed to be a non violent address to the Tsar, begging him to improve the conditions of the workers. This became known as ‘Bloody Sunday.’ Their intentions were misunderstood by the police force that began firing on the crown inducing mass panic. This massacre of innocent protesters led to a very negative image of the Tsar since he should have been protecting the people and not the opposite. One newspaper reported that: “hundreds of buildings, worth several millions of roubles, have been destroyed. All the buildings have been razed to the ground on some enormous estates. Many houses have been burnt down without...