As Trotsky precisely states “The revolution of 1905 grew directly out of the Russo-Japanese War.” The war was responsible for this revolt by the Russian population because, although the Russian population was already aware of Nicholas II’s incompetence and week will, the war acted as a catalyst that ignited the revolution. It was a catalyst in the sense that it worsened the living and working condition of the Russian population, depreciated the economy and finally the loss of the war caused for a dramatic loss in morale. All the negative effects the war had, turned into raging fuel for the revolutionaries. Revolutionary leaders then lighted this fuel of anger, most notably the exiled Vladimir Lenin, who gathered forces of socialist rebels aimed at toppling the
As Trotsky precisely states “The revolution of 1905 grew directly out of the Russo-Japanese War.” The war was responsible for this revolt by the Russian population because, although the Russian population was already aware of Nicholas II’s incompetence and week will, the war acted as a catalyst that ignited the revolution. It was a catalyst in the sense that it worsened the living and working condition of the Russian population, depreciated the economy and finally the loss of the war caused for a dramatic loss in morale. All the negative effects the war had, turned into raging fuel for the revolutionaries. Revolutionary leaders then lighted this fuel of anger, most notably the exiled Vladimir Lenin, who gathered forces of socialist rebels aimed at toppling the