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Bloody Sunday, (January 9 [January 22, New Style], 1905), massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia, of peaceful demonstrators marking the beginning of the violent phase of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Bloody Sunday 1905 began as a relatively peaceful protest by disgruntled steel workers in St Petersburg. Angered by poor working conditions, an economic slump and the ongoing war with Japan, thousands marched on the Winter Palace to plead with Tsar Nicholas II for reform.
What was crucial about the Bloody Sunday of January 9 was that it shocked the public and changed its attitude towards Nicholas II and his regime.
Bloody Sunday caused grave consequences for the Tsarist autocracy governing Imperial Russia: the events in St. Petersburg provoked public outrage and a series of massive strikes that spread quickly to the industrial centres of the Russian Empire.
Jan 26, 2013 · Artistic impression of Bloody Sunday in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were shot at by the Imperial Guard in front of the Winter Palace on 22 January 1905.
Feb 12, 2007 · File:Bloody Sunday Russia 1905.png. Size of this preview: 800 × 579 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 231 pixels | 640 × 463 pixels | 1,024 × 741 pixels | 1,280 × 926 pixels | 1,420 × 1,027 pixels. Original file (1,420 × 1,027 pixels, file size: 1.37 MB, MIME type: image/png)
This gallery of Russian Revolution graphics and cartoons has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. Click on images to open or close them. Image dates and titles are provided, where known.
Known collectively as the Revolution of 1905, these upheavals transformed the political landscape and set the stage for the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War that followed. Bloody Sunday also marked an important watershed for Russian graphic artists.
Bloody Sunday caused grave consequences for the Tsarist autocracy governing Imperial Russia: the events in St. Petersburg provoked public outrage and a series of massive strikes that spread quickly to the industrial centers of the Russian Empire.
Apr 18, 2005 · w:Bloody Sunday 1905: The Tsar's soldiers shooting at demonstrators at the Winter Palace - still shot from the Soviet Film "Devyatoe yanvarya - 9th of January" (1925) by Vyacheslav Viskovsky (see German wikipedia here for more info about the picture. Source: http://balder.prohosting.com/jerryku/redrom/pictures.htm archive copy at the Wayback ...
