Bloody Sunday (1905)

Bloody Sunday took place in Russia in 1905. More than 3,000 people marched towards the Winter Palace in hopes of presenting Tsar Nicholas II a petition for reform, however he was not present at the palace. ^[1] Without the order of the tsar to stop them, the army shot their rifles into the crowd, leaving 96 dead and around 300 wounded.^[2]

This event began the 1905 Russian Revolution, which was caused in part by defeat in the Russo-Japanese War. Many thousands died and the Tsar created the State Duma to represent the Russian people. It is considered a cause of the later, larger Russian Revolution.^[3]

Later Dmitri Shostakovich composed his 11th Symphony based on this event.

1. ↑ "Bloody Sunday 1905". Russian Revolution. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
2. ↑ "Bloody Sunday". The British Library. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-03-15. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
3. ↑ "Russian Revolution of 1917". cs.mcgill.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-03-15. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)