Moscow uprising of 1905
The Moscow uprising, centered in Moscow's Presnia district between December 7 and 17, 1905, was the climactic scene of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Thousands of proletariat workers joined in an armed insurrection against the imperial government for better socio-democratic conditions. The uprising ended in defeat for the revolutionaries and provoked a swift counter-revolution that lasted till 1907. The revolution of 1905 was, in many respects, a turning point in Russian history, and the Moscow Uprising played an important role in fostering revolutionary consciousness among Russian workers. The experience the Moscow proletariat gained in the uprising helped them succeed years later in the October Revolution of 1917. 