BLOODY SUNDAY ST. PETERSBURG 1905
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Massacre of peaceful demonstrators in Saint Petersburg, marking the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
The priest Georgy Gapon (1870–1906), hoping to present workers' request for reforms directly to Nicholas II, arranged a peaceful march toward the Winter Palace. Police fired on the demonstrators, killing more than 100 and wounding several hundred more. The massacre was followed by strikes in other cities, peasant uprisings, and mutinies in the armed forces.
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