Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania

Also known as: SDKPiL

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Organization Timeline

Workers strike in Warsaw

📅 24 January 1905

News of Bloody Sunday helped provoke strikes and demonstrations in Warsaw, extending the revolutionary crisis into Russian-ruled Poland. The source date is 11 January Old Style.

Workers strike in Łódź

📅 26 January 1905

The strike wave reached the major industrial city of Łódź, where textile workers played a central role in the Polish revolution of 1905. The source date is 13 January Old Style.

The Łódź uprising begins

📅 21 June 1905

Barricade fighting broke out after months of strikes and demonstrations in Russian-ruled Poland. Workers fought police and imperial troops for several days.

Imperial forces suppress the Łódź uprising

📅 25 June 1905

After several days of street fighting, troops regained control of Łódź. The repression left many workers and civilians dead or wounded.