Is it possible for an Earlier Russian Revolution to happen,say the year around 1905-1907
Is it possible for an Earlier Russian Revolution to happen,say the year around 1905-1907
Well, there was a revolution in 1905, and it did cause some major changes. However in all essentials it failed. The concessions made by NII were illusory and quickly undermined, and the Russian army staid in control.
So if you don't mind the revolutionary being mostly a failure, then you've already got it. If you want the Tsar to be overthrown, I can't see it happening without the circumstances of the war: total loss of trust and confidence among the general public and army, enormous economic hardship, the Tsar isolated and increasingly detached from reality etcetera. So my best suggestion is an earlier war giving rise to like conditions.
What about a palace coup. After all, in 1905 only the military and some of the reactionary aristocracy (his wife) were supporting Nicholas. It looks like almost everybody wanted reforms in 1905, even Grand Duke Nicholay Nicholaevitsj, whom Nicholas wanted as a dictator to oppress the revolution. He threatened to shoot himself if there were no constitutional reforms. So perhaps a plot was made by the more sensible part of the aristocracy in cooperation with the commander of the St Petersburg garrison who arrest Nicholas and make Michael regent until Aleksei is old enough. With Michael, Russia may perhaps be more modernized. A young fresh look from the 27 year old Michael may make quite a difference.
Read the history of 1916-1917 and you will see that all of the Grand Dukes considered themselves honour bound to death by their oaths of loyalty to the Tsar. I don't see any reason why 1905 should have been any different
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Grey Wolf
Read the history of 1916-1917 and you will see that all of the Grand Dukes considered themselves honour bound to death by their oaths of loyalty to the Tsar. I don't see any reason why 1905 should have been any different
Best Regards
Grey Wolf
I seem to remember suggesting that as Japan only asked for US mediation in 1905 because they were running out of credit, they might have insisted on greater concessions if the British had offered unlimited financial support. Why would the British have offered such support? I assumed that the government felt that a British-French-Russian alliance would be needed to prevent German naval expansion. However, they believed that British opinion would not accept an alliance with autocracy. Thus Britain wanted the Tsar to be forced into essential giving up power and used the Anglo-Japanese Alliance plus anger over the Dogger Bank Affair etc. to achieve their objective.