WORLD HISTORY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After Bloody Sunday, there were a series of strikes in other cities, peasant uprisings in the country, and mutinies (rebellions) in the armed forces. These events came known as ____
A
the Bolshevik uprising
B
the Revolution of 1905
C
the Boyar rebellion
D
the winter rebellion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -More than 100 marchers were killed, and several hundred were wounded. The massacre was followed by a series of strikes in other cities, peasant uprisings in the country, and mutinies in the armed forces, which seriously threatened the tsarist regime and became known as the Revolution of 1905.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bloody Sunday is a word used to refer to an incident before the 1905 Revolution in Russia. A series of violent attacks took place on this Sunday. It was ordered by the Czarist regime in the then Russia to fire on unarmed civilians. The incident caused a number of deaths and triggered the Russian revolution of 1905.

Detailed explanation-3: -When the procession of workers reached the Winter Palace it was attacked by the police and the Cossacks. Over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded. This incident came to be known as Bloody Sunday.

Detailed explanation-4: -The incident of Bloody Sunday – On Sunday, January 22, 1905, Russian labourers led by Father Gapon arrived at the Tsar’s winter palace to offer a petition. However, they were shot at indiscriminately by police and Cossacks, resulting in the deaths of over 100 employees and the injuries of 300 more.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bloody Sunday (alternately known as Red Sunday) is the name by which we remember the events of Sunday, 22 January of the year 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia. On this day, a large group of unarmed demonstrators who were led by Father Georgy Gapon were intercepted when marching towards the palace of the Tsar.

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