7h 43min, jan 1, 1905 y - Bloody Sunday
Description:
Tsarist troops open fire on a peaceful demonstration of workers in StPetersburg. Strikes and riots broke out throughout the country in response to the massacre, to which Nicholas responded by promising the formation of a series of representative assemblies, or Dumas, to work toward reform.
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7h 43min, jan 1, 1905 y
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~ 120 years ago