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  • Russian Empire
    Thursday May 11, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    The 'Group', the revolutionary leadership, called for the workers at all the textile mills to strike

    Russian Empire
    Thursday May 11, 1905

    11 May 1905: The 'Group', the revolutionary leadership, called for the workers at all the textile mills to strike.




  • Russian Empire
    Friday May 12, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    The Strike begins

    Russian Empire
    Friday May 12, 1905

    12 May: The strike begins. Strike leaders meet in the local woods.




  • Russian Empire
    Saturday May 13, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    40,000 workers assemble before the Administration Building to give Svirskii

    Russian Empire
    Saturday May 13, 1905

    13 May: 40,000 workers assemble before the Administration Building to give Svirskii, the regional factory inspector, a list of demands.




  • Russian Empire
    Sunday May 14, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Workers' delegates are elected

    Russian Empire
    Sunday May 14, 1905

    14 May: Workers' delegates are elected. Svirskii had suggested they do so, as he wanted people to negotiate with. A mass meeting is held in Administration Square. Svirskii tells them the mill owners will not meet their demands but will negotiate with elected mill delegates, who will be immune to prosecution, according to the governor.




  • Russian Empire
    Monday May 15, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Svirskii tells the strikers they can negotiate only about each factory in turn, but they can hold elections wherever

    Russian Empire
    Monday May 15, 1905

    15 May: Svirskii tells the strikers they can negotiate only about each factory in turn, but they can hold elections wherever. The strikers elect delegates to represent each mill while they are still out in the streets. Later the delegates elect a chairman.




  • Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
    Wednesday May 17, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    The meetings are moved to the bank of the Talka River

    Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
    Wednesday May 17, 1905

    17 May: The meetings are moved to the bank of the Talka River, on suggestion by the police chief.




  • Moscow, Russian Empire
    Wednesday May 24, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    300 Zemstvo and municipal representatives held three meetings in Moscow

    Moscow, Russian Empire
    Wednesday May 24, 1905

    On 24 and 25 May [O.S. 11 and 12 May] 1905, about 300 Zemstvo and municipal representatives held three meetings in Moscow, which passed a resolution, asking for popular representation at the national level.


  • Tsushima, Japan (Then China)
    Saturday May 27, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Russian Baltic Fleet was defeated

    Tsushima, Japan (Then China)
    Saturday May 27, 1905

    On 27–28 May 1905, the Russian Baltic Fleet was defeated at Tsushima.


  • Russian Empire
    Saturday May 27, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    The delegates' meeting house is closed

    Russian Empire
    Saturday May 27, 1905

    27 May: The delegates' meeting house is closed.


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