The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. It included labor strikes, peasant unrest, military mutinies, and the formation of grassroots councils (soviets) of people's power. It is widely felt that the 1905 revolution set the stage for the 1917 Russian Revolutions, and for Bolshevism to emerge as a distinct political movement. Lenin later called it "The Great Dress Rehearsal", without which the "victory of the October Revolution in 1917 would have been impossible".
The 1905 revolution was spurred by the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, which ended in the same year, but also by the growing realization by a variety of sectors of society of the need for reform in the face of agrarian crisis, economic stagnation, and political repression. However, it is generally felt that the detonator of the insurrection were the events of βBloody Sundayβ, in which a mass demonstration -led by priest and police agent, Georgy Gapon- which had sought to petition the Tsar for relief, was fired upon by the troops, killing hundreds of marchers.
There followed clashes in St. Petersburg, and spreading unrest throughout the rest of the Russian Empire. Strikes spread in three great waves: January, October, and November. In June the crew of the battleship Potemkin famously mutinied against their officers. There were further clashes in St. Petersburg in December.
The rebellion did not overthrow the autocracy, but by late 1905 the Tsar felt obligated by events to agree to constitutional reforms, including the establishment of the State Duma, a multi-party political system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906.
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*me, completely without irony, pouring a beer for my 4th night of solo drinking in a row * "maybe this poison is actually good for you...?
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lmao mood
cheers I'll drink to that
The problem with drinking is that it objectively rules for the first week and then becomes absolutely dogshit for the rest of your bender.
You go from being the life of the party because your anxiety finally decided to shutup so you can talk about Bakugon. But two weeks later you're drinking hand sanitizer in a bus bathroom just to feel something.
for me rn its moreso that it makes my seasonal depression evenings go from "god this sucks everything is boring and sapped of life" to "wait life is low key kinda fun, lemme jam to some tunes and mb do a little dash of writing & drunkposting." it ofc has diminishing returns though. and ive had those periods where i drink out of habit and realize it doesn't actually improve my shit. but lately nah that hasn't been the case, it has immediately upped my mood unfortunately LOL makes it really hard to incentivize quitting or cutting back.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had this thought. Sometimes I drink one beer and I start thinking "maybe the meaning of life is enjoying some nice beers and chilling." That's a very achievable goal which is the allure
lol ya its kinda too achievable, which is why its so easy to fall into a near-daily habit