# Mutiny on the Potemkin (1905)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-mutiny-on-the-potemkin
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Sailors of the battleship Potemkin mutinied in June 1905 over rotten meat, killed officers and sailed to Odessa, before surrendering in Romania. Eisenstein's 1925 film made the mutiny world-famous. The mutiny showed that revolution had spread to the armed forces.

## Why it matters
The mutiny showed that revolution had spread to the armed forces.

Ruler at the time: [Nicholas II](https://history-russia.com/rulers/nicholas-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Russian battleship Potemkin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_battleship_Potemkin)
- [Wikipedia — Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Mutiny on the Potemkin](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Mutiny+on+the+Potemkin)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)