How significant was the 1905 revolution in bringing about change by 1912?
After the 1905 revolution Tsar Nicholas Romanov II was forced to concede a Duma (parliament) The Tsar did not like this idea much but was forced by the public to have one. The Tsar believed he was appointed by god to rule Russia. He disliked having to share power with different classes to himself. So he kept the right to dissolve the Duma and he did so in July 1906 when it demanded changes.
The Tsar knew that he had to have a Duma to keep another revolution breaking out and it was an easy way of calming the people therefore
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