Over one thousand protestors got killed, and another two thousand wounded, according to police reports. This event was called the “Bloody Sunday”.
80% of Russia’s population in the early 1900’s were peasants, as the country was also “backwards” probably to the rest of Europe. The peasants, and also the working class’s living condition was very poor, the working class also worked over twelve hours a day and did get a ridiculous wages, which is why “Bloody Sunday” occurred, as the Workers were very discontented with the conditions they were given after such hard work.
In my research, it is revealed that the petition contains the following demands: amnesty, civil liberties, fair wages, gradual transfer of the land to the people, convocation of a constituent assembly on the basis of universal and equal suffrage. It ends with the following words:
"Sire, do not refuse aid to Thy people! Demolish the wall that separates Thee from Thy people. Order and promise that our requests will be granted, and Thou wilt make Russia happy; if not, we are ready to die on this very spot. We have only two roads: freedom and happiness, or the grave."
The bloody Sunday is considered to be the trigger of the 1905 Russian revolution, as after the Bloody Sunday, the grand duke Serge Alexandrovich was assassinated, this produced a manifesto by the Tsar which took place in February 18th, many workers went on strike, and also the duma was introduced and the October Minifesto.
When the tsar's government finally issued a law about the election to a State Duma in August 1905 it was met by derision.
The total numbers of strikers were 2,800,000, which was twice the numbers of the factory workers in Russia.
There are many Russian Political parties, such as the Social Revolutionaries, social democrats, kadets etc.
The Social Revolutionaries was supported by Karl Marks, followed by Mensheviks and Bolsheviks. There beliefs were very clear, that the job of the party was to create a revolutions where asd the Mensheviks believed that Russia was not for revolutions, but wanted to improve the country and make it more westernized.
The Social Democrats, were supported mainly by the working class, they sorted problems by violence as a huge amount of Okhrana (Spies) weee killed.
The Kadets were supported by the middle class, and wanted democracy.
There were long term causes, such as the living conditions for the peasants and the Working class, but they did respect the Tsar, as they would have a portrait of the Tsar up on their walls, but ordinary people lost respect for the Tsar after the event of Bloody Sunday.
People suggested that Russia wasn’t being ruled well, to back this up, there is evidence with the war with Japan and Russia, as Russia lost which was a shock to all Russians, as Russian people thought that Russia would defeat the Japanese very quickly.
