Dunia. Why did Nikolai II of Russia survive the 1905 revolution but not the February revolution of 1917? The revolution of 1905 was a response to Bloody Sunday- thousands of peasants and factory workers along with the Liberals publicly demonstrated opposition in front of Winter Palace demanding the Tsar to improve their lives. The army reacted and killed some of the protesters and so was called Bloody Sunday. Later the summer, partly as a response to Bloody Sunday, people protested again, this time, violently. Workers went on strikes, peasants attacked the wealthy class, and there was a complete chaos. This time the opposition demands became more political, asking for political concessions. Tsar Nickolas II made a smart choice and decided to make concessions and issued the October Manifesto with the help of his minister Peter Stolypin. This pacified the protesters as this was what they wanted. Land reforms to settle the peasant unrest and the right to have their own constitution of Duma satisfied the Liberals and so the revolution ended and the Monarchy was saved.
The result of the revolution of 1905 was one of the main causes of the more serious revolution that took place 12 years later in 1917. The common people continued to be unsatisfied with the Autocracy, the inequality and corruption. Moreover, the Tsar had gone back on his promises of the October Manifesto for instance he remained the absolute leader to whom the opinions of Duma did not matter. People were furious in the spring of 1917 feeling betrayed along with all the other issues going on such as the ineffectiveness of Tsar's regime which was inflamed by the rumors of Tsarina Alexandra giving a lot of political authority to the Siberian priest who treated her ailing son. Besides, Russia's unsuccessful involvement in...