Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth

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

Sailors on the Potemkin rebelled after a dispute over rotten meat and killed several officers. The mutiny became a powerful symbol of revolt within the armed forces. The source date is 14 June Old...

The mutinous battleship arrived at Odessa, where workers were on strike and the authorities had declared martial law. The source date is 15 June Old Style.

After firing toward government positions and failing to secure sustained support from other naval vessels, the Potemkin departed Odessa. The source date is 16 June Old Style.

The government announced an indirectly elected consultative Duma with a restricted franchise. Revolutionary organizations and many liberals rejected the proposal as inadequate. The source date is 6...

The government restored a measure of university autonomy. Campuses quickly became important meeting places for political organizations, workers and students. The source date is 27 August Old Style.

Printers in Moscow stopped work over wages and working conditions. Their action helped ignite the October strike movement. The source date is 19 September Old Style.

Printing workers in the capital entered the growing strike wave, helping turn separate economic disputes into a broad political confrontation. The source date is 2 October Old Style.

Worker representatives in Moscow created a council to coordinate the strike movement. It developed into the Moscow Soviet. The source date is 3 October Old Style.

A railway stoppage expanded rapidly into a political general strike demanding civil liberties and representative government. The source date is 7 October Old Style.