74.2 The Russo-Japanese War and Revolution of 1905
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Tsar Alexander II of Russia is assassinated in March 1881. He was probably the most liberal of all tsars of Russia, but succeeded by reactionary leaders Alexander III and then Nicholas II. Nicholas unwisely provokes Japan into a war, and is defeated, which is a catalyst for an attempted revolution in Russia in 1905
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| 1:01.0 | This is the second part on a series of the First World War and its origins. |
| 1:07.0 | This part is about the Russo-Japanese War and the Revolution of 1905. On the 13th of March 1881, |
| 1:35.8 | Zah Alexander, the second of Russia, |
| 1:38.5 | was travelling back to his residence at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. |
| 1:43.4 | His closed two-seater carriage was drawn by a pair of horses, |
| 1:47.4 | and he was accompanied by six mounted gossacks, and followed by three sleighs, carrying, among |
| 1:53.4 | others, the chief of police. On his way back, Alexander decided to pay a brief visit to his cousin, |
| 2:00.4 | the Grand Duchess Catherine. |
| 2:02.6 | This decision gave enough time for a band of revolutionaries intent on assassinating the Tsar to take up position. |
| 2:10.6 | As the Tsar travelled along a key, one of the revolutionaries appeared and threw a bomb under the carriage. |
| 2:20.3 | One of the Cossacks was mortally wounded and the carriage damaged, but Alexander himself was unhurt. |
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