Was the Russian Government Policy Towards the Peasants and the Workers in Russia from 1801-1905 a Major Cause for the Outbreak of Revolution in 1905?

A brilliant civil servant in the reign of Alexander I, Speransky, pointed out that there were only two estates in Russia: the slaves of the Sovereign and the slaves of the landlord. The former are called free in relation to the latter; but in fact there were no free men in Russia, except the beggars and the philosophers. That is to say, throughout the 19th century, the peasants who were mostly serfs, contributed the majority of the population in Russia. …