“Time and time again, the obstinate refusal of the tsarist regime to concede reforms turned what should have been a political problem into a revolutionary crisis... the tsarist regime's downfall was not inevitable; but its own stupidity made it so.” ShouldHas BeensMadeProblemPoliticalShould HaveCrisisStupidityMade ItReformInevitableRevolutionaryRegimesRefusalShould Have BeenDownfallObstinate Author:Orlando Figes
“It was ironic but somehow fitting that the 1905 Revolution should have been started by an organisation dreamed up by the tsarist regime itself. No-one believed more than Father Gapon in the bond between Tsar and people.” PeopleShouldHas BeensFatherRevolutionShould HaveIronicRegimesShould Have BeenFittingOrganisation Book:A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution Source: A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution
