russia :
1.entered world war one even though it had no business doing so
militarily & economically. military disintegrated in world war one
2.was a kingdom
3.still a old fashioned farming rather than industrial country with landlords and serfs
4.King or Czar didn't know how much of the public was against him
5.economical and political crisis in Russia : people of the Russian capital Petrograd (St Petersburg) started to rally against the war and against the food supply shortages in the city.
6. russo japanese war loss
7. Bloody Sunday: demonstration of factory workers was brutally put down by Russian soldiers. Up to 200 people were killed by rifle fire and Cossack charges. This event became known as and is seen as one of the key causes of the 1905 Revolution
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