Bloody Sunday 1905
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Bloody Sunday, Russia, January 22, 1905 (January 9 by the Julian calendar) was a demonstration (verging on rebellion), inspired by Father Gapon, a paid agent provocateur of Okhranka, Russian Security Bureau. They gathered to sing songs and present a memorandum to Tsar Nicholas II. Nicholas claimed that Communists had caused widespread riots. The demonstration was finally put down by force of the Palace Guard. In the process, a significant number of demonstrators were killed.
