The Manifesto of 17 October 1905
Ilya Repin · 1911
Why it's great
Crowds joyfully wave flags and red banners in the streets after Tsar Nicholas II promised civil rights and a parliament in October 1905. Ilya Repin painted this big crowd scene, which captures the hope, and the tension, of Russia's first revolution.
🏛️ Part of history
The Russian Revolution (1905–1922) — Crowds joyfully wave flags and red banners in the streets after Tsar Nicholas II promised civil rights and a parliament in October 1905.
Where to see it
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Ilya Repin was born in a small town in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. He trained in Saint Petersburg and traveled to Paris before becoming Russia's most celebrated realist painter. He lived much of his later life in a country house near the Finnish border, now a museum. His huge paintings of people, history, and ordinary life made him a national treasure.
