Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II17 October 1905
Issues the October Manifesto promising civil liberties and a Duma.
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Issues the October Manifesto promising civil liberties and a Duma.
Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, promising civil rights and a Duma.
Nicholas II signs the October Manifesto under Witte's influence.
Persuades Nicholas II to accept concessions during the revolutionary crisis.
The manifesto promises basic rights and an elected legislature.
Witte argues that concessions are needed to end the general strike.
Witte's advice shapes Nicholas II's constitutional concessions.
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