1905

Part One. Russia's Social Development And Tsarism -- Russian Capitalism -- The Peasantry And The Agrarian Question -- The Driving Forces Of The Russian Revolution -- The Spring -- January Ninth -- The Strike In October -- The Creation Of The Soviet Of Workers' Deputies -- October Eighteenth -- Witte's Ministry -- The First Days Of The Freedom -- The Tsar's Men At Work -- Storming The Censorship Bastilles -- Opposition And Revolution -- The November Strike -- Eight Hours And A Gun -- The Peasant Riots -- The Red Fleet -- On The Threshold Of Counter-revolution -- The Last Days Of The Soviet -- December -- Summing Up -- Annexes -- The Proletariat And The Russian Revolution -- Our Differences -- The Struggle For Power -- On The Special Features Of Russia's Historical Development -- Part Two. Instead Of A Preface To The Second Part -- The Trial Of The Soviet Of Workers' Deputies -- The Soviet And The Prosecution -- My Speech Before The Court -- There... -- ...and Back. Leon Trotsky ; New Introduction By Ralph Schoenman ; Translated By Anya Bostock. Translation Of: 1905, Tysiacha Deviat'sot Piatyi. 2nd, Revised Edition. Translation Originally Published: New York: Random House, 1971. Of Work Originally Published In German As: Russland In Der Revolution, Dresden: Kaden, 1909, And In Russian, In Two Editions, Both Published : Moskva : Gos. Izd-vo, 1922. Includes Index. Contents Introduction to the 2016 Edition Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the German Edition PART ONE 1. Russia’s Social Development and Tsarism 2. Russian Capitalism 3. The Peasantry and the Agrarian Question 4. The Driving Forces of the Russian Revolution 5. The Spring 6. January Ninth 7. The Strike in October 8. The Creation of the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies 9. October Eighteenth 10. Witte’s Ministry 11. The First Days of the “Freedoms” 12. The Tsar’s Men at Work 13. Storming the Censorship Bastilles 14. Opposition and Revolution 15. The November Strike 16. Eight Hours and a Gun 17. The Peasant Riots 18. The Red Fleet 19. On the Threshold of Counter-Revolution 20. The Last Days of the Soviet 21. December 22. Summing Up 23. Annexes 24. The Proletariat and the Russian Revolution 25. Our Differences 26. The Struggle for Power 27. On the Special Features of Russia’s Historical Development PART TWO 28. Instead of a Preface to the Second Part 29. The Trial of the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies 30. The Soviet and the Prosecution 31. My Speech Before the Court 32. There . . . 33. . . . . . and Back Index Annotation In January of 1905, thousands of Russian workers, led by a priest on the payroll of the Tsar himself, marched to the gates of the Winter Palace with the intention of humbly petitioning their ruler for an eight hour work day. They were met by an intransigent detachment of royal guards who opened fire, killing hundreds of demonstrators. This massacre was the spark that set off an uprising that would shake the Russian Empire to its very foundation before the year's end. At the very center of this movement stood the newly created Soviet of Workers Deputies. Formed to coordinate the wave of mass strikes that stretched from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, this council became the de-facto voice of Russia's revolutionary workers, who chose Leon Trotsky as their elected leader. '1905' is Leon Trotsky's account of these events 1905 chronicles the key developments lead to revolution and the unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the Tsar of Russia.