RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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spread, because people no longer trusted the Czar
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weakened, because people were afraid of being killed
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spread, because people believed the Czar would support reform
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weakened, because people knew the Czar wasn’t responsible for the shooting
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Detailed explanation-1: -Up to 200 people were killed by rifle fire and Cossack charges. This event became known as Bloody Sunday and is seen as one of the key causes of the 1905 Revolution. The aftermath brought about a short-lived revolution in which the Tsar lost control of large areas of Russia.
Detailed explanation-2: -On January 22, 1905, a group of workers led by the radical priest Georgy Apollonovich Gapon marched to the czar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to make their demands. Imperial forces opened fire on the demonstrators, killing and wounding hundreds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Petersburg, on Bloody Sunday (January 9 [January 22, New Style], 1905). In St. Petersburg and other major industrial centres, general strikes followed. Nicholas responded in February by announcing his intention to establish an elected assembly to advise the government.
Detailed explanation-4: -The immediate consequence of Bloody Sunday was a strike movement that spread throughout the country. Strikes began to erupt outside of St. Petersburg in places such as Moscow, Warsaw, Riga, Vilna, Kovno, Reval, Tiflis, Baku and Batum. In all, about 414, 000 people participated in the work stoppage during January 1905.