Russian Revolution of 1905


 * economic crisis in Russia, because of a lack of consumers which led to high prices on the market
 * bloody sunday (Jan 9th 1905)
 * - workers called general strike
 * workers council started spreading in factories
 * --> government backs down -> government concessions= Duma was convened; expanded franchise; civil liberties; land reform; end of absolutism
 * > Kulaks (affluent russian farmers) grow in power