What was bloody Sunday? Did the Czar learn from the 1905 Revolution?

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What was ‘bloody Sunday’? [5]Bloody Sunday was an event in Russia in which had marked upon the beginning of the revolution in 1905. It was a popular uprising of working class people who had experienced harsh treatment at work and in the industry. Sparked after several events that had made living standards impossible over the years, groups of workingmen had gathered with George Gapon who had drawn up a petition demanding better care over the workers. Estimation of around 200,000 people had marched towards the winter palace in 1905 to peacefully demonstrate and address the situation to the Tsar but was instead confronted with the police and the Cossacks. This confrontation had lead to hundreds of deaths and injured workingmen and had sparked the beginning of the1905 revolution. This event of a massacre easily spread to other areas and cities in Russia just shortly after it had happened. Why did workingmen want to present a petition to the Tsar on 22nd January 1905? [7]There are several reasons as to why workingmen in the city of St.Petersburg had begun the petition and carried it out. The main reason lie in the
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early 1900’s, a time period where economic problems and conflicts between Japan had sprung. Plans of boosting Russia’s economy had affected all of its people and so when the development of agriculture and industry had begun, many more of peasants and workingmen started to revolt due to heavy taxes. In 1904, Russia had involved itself in a conflict against Japan, which ultimately made the situation worse for everyone. The war had made prices of goods increase in the cities and there was a shortage of industrial materials. Furthermore leading to the closure of factories, unemployment of workingmen and starvation of ...

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