Bloody Sunday
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights, Violence
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Europe
- Date: January 22, 1905
Article abstract: Bloody Sunday marks the violent suppression of a demonstration of unarmed workers in St. Petersburg, precipitating revolutionary unrest throughout Russia that forces Czar Nicholas II to grant limited constitutional reforms.
Summary of Event
The popular demonstration of Sunday, January 22, 1905 (January 9 by the Julian calendar used at the time in Russia), which ended in its bloody suppression, was not only a reaction against the deplorable conditions prevailing in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century but also against the...
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