# Bloody Sunday (1905)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1905-bloody-sunday
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On 22 January 1905 (N.S.) troops fired on a peaceful procession of workers led by Father Georgy Gapon to petition the tsar at the Winter Palace. Over a hundred were killed. Strikes and unrest spread across the empire. Bloody Sunday destroyed the image of the tsar as protector of the people.

## Why it matters
Bloody Sunday destroyed the image of the tsar as protector of the people.

Ruler at the time: [Nicholas II](https://history-russia.com/rulers/nicholas-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Bloody Sunday (1905)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905))
- [Wikipedia — Russian Revolution of 1905](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1905)
- [Wikipedia — Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Bloody Sunday](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Bloody+Sunday)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)