Russian Revolution (A Free Russia)

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire, some of which was directed at the government. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It led to extreme Constitutional Reform including the establishment of the Russian Parliament, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906.

Discontent and frustration with the Tsarist regime was expressed not only through the growth of political parties dedicated to abolishing the monarchy but also through industrial strikes for better wages and working conditions, protests and riots among peasants, university demonstrations, and the assassination of government officials by Socialist Revolutionaries. In 1905, revolution in Russia was sparked by all of these problems and Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.

After a series of nation-wide protest, Nicholas II abdicates in favor of his brother, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, who would become Michael II.