bloody sundaY

Cards (3)

  • demand to end 'shameful war' (RUSSO-JAPAGNESE) contained in bloody sunday petition
  • 22nd Jan 1905- peaceful protest with a petition presented via peasentry male,women,children + rellegious figure father Gappa was reacted by okrahna shooting ie violently opressing: this public display of violence rather than understandment meant it was undeniable the Tsar did not care about the people of Russia... triggering event as shattered Tsars image = 'revoloutiary education of the proloteriat made more progress in one day than it could have made in months and years' LENIN ie purpose rev overthrow Tsar.. opp +panick + disorder rises + reaction proved bankruptcy of pobonostev stratergy
  • 'bloody Sunday' - 30th jan 1905 - workers strike in St Petersburg + march on Winter Palace to present petition to Tsar but were met w/violence from Okhrana + Cossacks who fired into crowd killing 200 + 800 wounded