Question

Why is russian revolution of 1905 called a dress rehearsal for the 1917 revolution

Answer 1

Russian Revolution in 1905 was useful in understanding the dynamics of revolution. Establish the contact points. Plan the revolution related activities. The experience was very useful in carrying out the next major revolution in 1917.  Books were written regarding the revolution in 1905. A lot of violence started it.  Theory of permanent revolution by Trotsky came out in this time. This lead to working class becoming the champions of the revolution.


   The objective of the revolution and the means were developed around the time of the 1905 revolution. The 1905 revolution revealed clearly to the revolutionists the processes to be taken up and repeat at a higher scale (10 times) in 1917.

    Lenin acknowledged that in his articles that fact. That is why the 1905 revolution was called the dress rehearsal for the famous Russian revolution in 1917. Then the working class had captured the power.

Answer 2

Lenin wrote that the October Revolution of 1917 would never have taken place without the previous experience of the Paris Commune, the February 1917 Revolution, and the Revolution of 1905.

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a dress rehearsal of the October Revolution of 1917.

The 1905 revolution provided an opportunity to the working classes to organize strikes and build their organizations called Soviets. Such experience would provide invaluable in the 1917 revolution. The 1905 revolution also provided a glimpse of their power to the working classes.

They realized that the Tsarist government of Russia was not very strong and would collapse under a sustained pressure from the working classes.