jan 22, 1905 - Bloody Sunday
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Father Georgy Gapon had organised a peaceful march to present a petition to the Tsar to ask for measures to be put in place to treat the Russian people more fairly. They were met by a line of armed Cossacks who opened fire on the demonstrators. More than 200 demonstrators were killed and more than 500 injured. The event, known as Bloody Sunday sparked a series of revolts known as the 1905 Revolution
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