Why did the Tsar survive the 1905 revolution? - Concessions: October Manifesto - Divided Opposition
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Why did the October Manifesto split opposition to the Tsar?
- Moderates embraced the announcement
- Radicals (bolstered by their successes) continued to demand an end to Tsarism
How did the radical parties in Russia respond to the October Manifesto?
- St. Petersburg Soviet encouraged continued pressure and to continue the general strike
- Countryside disorder continued and peaked in November and December
- Army mutinies also escalated in November and December
- Tsarist government lost control of the urban garrisons including the Moscow garrison
How did the moderates respond to the October Manifesto?
- October: More radical liberals formed the Constitutional Democratic Party (or Kadets) under Miyukov and Petrunkevich
- December: Moderate liberals formed the Union of October 17th (Octobrist Party) under Alexander Guchkov
- Both parties signalled to the Tsar they would be willing to work within the provisions of the Tsar's October Manifesto (although the Kadets still hoped for future reform)
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