section_path: History/Imperial Russia/Constitutional monarchy and World War
section_name: Constitutional monarchy and World War
paragraph_text: Constitutional monarchy and World War
  
  Under last Russian emperor, Nicholas II (1894–1917), the Revolution of 1905 was triggered by the humiliating failure of the Russo-Japanese War. The uprising was put down, but the government was forced to concede major reforms (Russian Constitution of 1906), including granting freedoms of speech and assembly, the legalisation of political parties, and the creation of an elected legislative body, the State Duma.