jan 22, 1905 - Bloody Sunday

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Close to 200,000 workers and their families marched to the tsar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg carrying a petition. The petition asked for more personal freedom, improved working conditions, and the creation of an elected national legislature. Chaos erupted when Nicholas II's generals ordered troops to fire upon the protesters leaving several hundred dead and thousands wounded.

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Russian Revolution

ByAmir Ramaj

5 months ago

Date:

jan 22, 1905

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~ 120 years ago

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