The Start of the Russian Revolution Hinged on Secret Associations
In the middle of 19th century, under the reign of Alexander II of Russia, revolution was on its way. The turbulence was of an academic character and was dealt with by the censoring the press. But it gradually took the form of secret associations, and the police had to interfere. There were no great, coordinated societies, but many small groups, composed mainly of male and female university and college students, which worked independently for a common purpose. It soon became clear that autocracy could not be destroyed by revolutionary calling in periodical press and by distribution of stealthily printed fly-sheets, the young rebels determined to to seek the support of the masses or as they termed it, “to go in among people”. Presenting themselves as doctors, nurses, school teachers, nannies, common labourers, they tried to find supporters among the peasantry and among the workers in the industrial centers by revolutionary brochures and personal explanations. In the beginning the propaganda had very little success, because of the language they were written in – French, the language of the educated class. Uneducated, the peasants and the factory workers were not able t understand the phraseology and abstract ideas of socialism; but when the propagandists offered them Russian Translation in a lower register and it was rumored that the czar had given all the land to the peasants, but the owners and the officials did not allow him to do so, there was a serious danger of agrarian revolts.
In 1864, Russia began its expansion into Central Asia, and only after a few years, it stretched from Europe in the west, to China in the East, and from Siberia in the north to Persia and Afghanistan in the south. It was a vast territory, with a growing base of Medical Translation workers to meet the needs of various races, languages and religions. With the building of the trans-Siberian railway, Russia focused on northern China and Korea.. The eastern section of the railway stretched deep in Chinese territory and well-considered steps were made to impose Russian inflence on Manchuria. Russia was able to tighten its hold on that portion of the Chinese empire and prepared to complete its take-over of Manchuria by “spontaneous infiltration.” From Manchuria it would be easier to spread political influence to Korea.
However, the Japanese who strongly objected to Russia’s expansion eastwards, because it had earmarked Korea for itself, intervened, declaring that it would never tolerate the Russian influence in Manchuria. First through diplomacy, the Japanese provided a Chinese Translation of Russia’s plans to the Manchurians in an effort to build opposition. Except that, a Korean translator was sent to warn Korean government of the impending Russian invasion. In 1904, it became increasingly evident that these pressures created by Japan, as well as diplomatic measures, would not halt the Russian advancement eastward. In February 1904, the cabinet of Tokyo decided to break off diplomatic relations and to open hostilities. The war, which proved to be a series of reverses for Russia, was terminated in October 1905 by the Treaty of Portsmouth.
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