Abstract
The article takes a closer look at how relations developed between labour and management during the 1905 Revolution in Russian Poland. The case study relies on documents relating to the firm of Robert Biedermann, one of the six largest textiles manufacturers of Łódź. For the workers, the revolution was mainly about the improvement of wages and of social welfare, to a much lesser degree about political goals such as national liberation or civic freedoms granted by a constitution. In the end, the entrepreneurs were able to recruit government support against the rioting workforce, but only early in 1907, through common action; they also succeeded in restoring a paternalistic order within the factories.
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