The combination of factors that brought tension into the Russian society reached the top point in 1905; revolution took place because of military, economic, and political reasons.
The failure of the war against Japan was one of the main short-term causes of the revolution. 1904, Plehev, the Tsar's Minister of the Interior recommended Nicholas 'a small victorious war to stop the revolutionary tide'. This policy resulted in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Unlike the expectations of Russia, the war was a disaster. …
