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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · October 30

THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 30

October 30 in history

1905 — 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.

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