Answer:
Main causes were:
(i)
Russia was an autocracy and its ruler was not subject to the parliament.
(ii)
Prices of essential goods rose rapidly and real wages declined by 20%.
(iii)
About 10,000 workers in St Petersburg went on a strike demanding a reduction in
the working hours, increase in wages and improvement in the working conditions.
(iv)
Finally, the 'Bloody Sunday' incident at Winter Palace provoked the Russians to
start the 1905 Revolution against the Tsar.
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