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Hello, and welcome to Revolutions.

So 10.41, the Duma of National Anger. Let us be clear about something.

Zarr Nicholas II did not want a national Duma. The promises he had made in October 1905

had been extracted from him in the midst of the extreme crisis of the General Strike,

and he almost immediately regretted his decision. In his heart, Nicholas did not believe he

should have to share power with anyone or anything. Then, when the elections unfolded in early

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