Events leading to Bloody Sunday
1. In late 1904, four union members at the Putilov Iron Works Plant in St Petersburg were dismissed
2. Gapon called for industrial action
3. Over the coming days over 100 thousand workers in the city went on strike
4. Although protests were peaceful, troops were brought in to support existing forces in the city
5. Father Gapon organised a petition complaining about working conditions in the city and calling for change
6. It was signed by over 150 thousand people
7. On 22 Iuary 1905, Father Gapon led a march to deliver a petition to the Tsar
8. Thousands of workers took part in this peaceful protest
9. The workers were not trying to overthrow the Tsar, they believed the Tsar did not know of their plight and blamed the Tsarist ministers and officials
10. This demonstration of factory workers was brutally put down by Russian soldiers
11. Up to 200 people were killed by rifle fire and Cossack charges
