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Turning point · The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924
The October Manifesto
17/30 Oct 1905 — Cornered by a general strike, Nicholas II grants a Duma and civil liberties. The concession splits the opposition — liberals satisfied, radicals not — and buys the autocracy twelve more years.
This is one scene of Chapter 1 — The Brittle Giant in The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924.
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