The revolution was the outcome of long periods of repression and unrest across the country which started with Peter the Great. Through Peter the Great's tsardom, he forced his will onto the people through force and terror. Alexander II brought reform through the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 which only lead to harsh economic conditions that did not satisfy the needs of the farmers and peasants. These reforms had changed the social and economic structures …
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…not end there; it continued again in 1906 and ended in 1908. The Tsar restored order and revealed the Fundamental Laws. The little power the duma possessed was limited. Nicholas II, like his predecessors, was stubborn and refused to give up power or allow political change. The Russian Revolution did not change the country very much. The power still remained with the Tsar and the wealthy. After World War I, two other revolutions broke out in Russia.