Bloody Sunday

Where and when did Bloody Sunday occur?

St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1905

What events led up to Bloody Sunday?

Father Gapon established Assembly of the Russian Factory and Mill Workers to promote workers rights in 1903. Then the union went on strike and drafted petition to the czar because they were struggling from social inequalities posed by laissez-faire capitalism

How did the workers go to deliver the petition?

Workers and members of the assembly marched on the palace to deliver the petition. Father Gapon had already notified the authorities of the petition and the march

How did the Russian government respond?

They placed approximately 10000 soldiers around the palace

What did the soldiers do?

They began firing on the peaceful protesters

Was Czar Nicholas II to blame?

Czar Nicholas II was not in the palace, and had not ordered his soldiers to fire, but he was blamed anyways

What was the result of Bloody Sunday?

Protests popped up around the country which eventually led to the Russian Revolution of 1917