The Russian people were very dissatisfied with the Russian government in 1907. They were especially angry with Tsar Nicholas II. However, corrupt government was not the only reason why Russian civilization rebelled against its own country and government. Other events such as the war between Russia and Japan (Russian-Japanese War), the massacre of the poor workers in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg (Bloody Sunday), the mutiny of the most powerful Russian warship, the Potemkin, which includes the revolution of 1905 and finally the role played by Russia in the First World War. The first reason, as I stated before, was the Russo-Japanese War, the war between Russia and Japan. Both were fighting for Manchuria in eastern China. Tsar Nicholas thought it was an easy victory. However, Russia lost most of its naval army. A Japanese attack sank two Russian warships and a cruiser in Port Arthur harbor. Three Russian infantry brigades and one artillery brigade invaded Korea, however this force was not strong enough to defeat the Japanese. The Russian army had no other reinforcements because most of its army was in the European part of Russia and it would have taken 10 weeks by rail to transport a full-sized army across the country. In March 1904, Japan attacked Vladivostok and annihilated every remnant of the Russian navy. Later in April, Russia was in full retreat after another battle between the two forces. Eventually, Russia surrendered after Japan besieged Port Arthur by land. There were 45,000 Russian casualties among the people who defended the city. Russia's problems did not get better, in fact they probably got worse. In 1904 there were 500 strikes and protests in all... middle of paper... Emkin, and how terribly bad Russia did during the First World War. The Russian population was unhappy with how the Tsar continued to wage unnecessary wars and how he did not care about the people. Ultimately, the Russian people succeeded in getting Nicholas on the throne and no longer found themselves under autocratic rule. Works Cited Davenport, John C. The Bolshevik Revolution. New York: Chelsea, 2010. Print.Gottfried, Ted. Rise and fall of the Soviet Union. Ill. Melanie Reim. BrookField: Twenty-First Century Book, 2002. Print.Smith, S.A. The Russian Revolution. New York: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.Strickler, James E. Russia of Tsars. San Diego: Lucent Book, 1998. Print.Vail, John J. “Peace, Land, Bread!” A History of the Russian Revolution. New York: Facts on File, Inc, 1996. Print.Ziegler, Charles E. The Story of Russia. Denver: Greenwood, 2009. Print