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The pivotal year 1905 posed an unwelcome challenge for Russian conservatives. Disturbed by mounting social and political unrest, they found it appalling that the Tsar should bend to oppositionist demands by granting an elected legislative assembly in the form of a State Duma. Even if they refused to admit it, they knew that this change in state structure meant limiting the Tsar's autocratic power. Fearful that further concessions would lead ultimately to the end of monarchical rule, many loyalists faced the prospect of taking action on their own to preserve what seemed to be a tottering autocracy.