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The Revolution of 1905 in Russia The Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, never fully accepted the view that his will was not above the law. This autocratic notion was out of tune with the times and helps to explain much of what happened after 1905 in Russia and elsewhere. He had bad advisors, of course. There was the sinister influence of a journalist by the name of Meshchevsky, the dominating influence of a certain M. Philippe and the notorious monk Rasputin. The latter two worked through the tsarina, especially after 1911. Nicholas also retained the ministers of the reactionary Alexander III, particularly Pobedonestsev and Witte. I. Revival of Opposition to the Tsar A. Russian Marxism The revival of opposition to the tsar came with the famine of 1891-1892. The Marxists, the populists and the liberals were the main forces at work against the monarchy. Plekhanov, the grand daddy of Russian Marxism, had founded the...

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