Russo-Japanese war

... In what ways did the Russo-Japanese war precipitate revolution in 1905? One of the main triggers of the revolution in 1905 was not the fact that Russia was at war with Japan in 1905, but the fact that Russia lost the war to what was a smaller, and supposedly therefore a more inferior country. The idea of going to war was for Russia to take over Japan's ports, so therefore Russia could develop its navy, and also because Russian authorities rejected Japanese proposals for the settlement of the Korean question, in hope that Japan and its military will respond to it (i.e. Japan would go to war with Russia), and although this plan worked, Russia's loss in the war had negative consequences on Russia and its people. However, this event was not the only factor leading to Bloody Sunday, the start of the Revolution, other factors such as the Great Spurt

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