Bloody Sunday
Also known as Bloody Sunday, St Petersburg
massacre in Russia in January 1905
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On January 22, 1905, Russian soldiers opened fire on a peaceful crowd of workers and their families marching to the Tsar's palace in St. Petersburg to present a petition, killing hundreds of people in what became known as Bloody Sunday. The massacre shocked the Russian public, undermined faith in the Tsar's benevolence, and sparked strikes and unrest that helped trigger the 1905 Russian Revolution.
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