ABSTRACT
An attempt has been made in the foregoing pages to trace the various immediate causes of the Russian Revolution, and to examine its effects in so far as these have developed in Russian life. The revolution of 1905-1906 may be definitely regarded as the first stage of the Russian Revolution, although the preliminary phases which have been mentioned cannot be ignored. The Russian literary movement was inseparably connected with Slavophilism, which involved, not merely enthusiasm for the Slav race, but the idea of a Slavic mission. Moreover, Russian life is not inspired with a genuinely Christian spirit. Chaadaiev points to the English as exemplars of a truly religious people. The new ideas thus imbibed led them to realize the inevitability of a similar movement in Russia towards political equality and decentralization of government. During the period between the suppression of the Decabrists in 1825 and the Emancipation of the Peasants in 1861 a great fermentation was in progress in Russia.
