The Romanovs and the 1905 Revolution

The Romanov Dynasty: Rise, Power, and Bloody End — Fexingo History · Oct 3, 2026 · 7m · transcript

We explore the seismic shift of 1905, when the Romanov dynasty faced its first true existential crisis. This episode moves beyond the familiar narrative of Rasputin and World War I to examine Bloody Sunday, the St. Petersburg massacre that shattered the myth of the Tsar as a benevolent father figure. We look at how Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich’s brutal repression in Moscow backfired, radicalizing the intelligentsia and forcing Nicholas II to issue the October Manifesto. The conversation details the formation of the Duma, the initial hope it generated among liberals like Pavel Milyukov, and…