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Bloody Sunday (1905)

22 Jan 1905 — Troops fire on a peaceful procession of workers bringing a petition to the Winter Palace; hundreds are killed. The myth of the Tsar as the people’s father dies in an afternoon. A memorial, not a battle.

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Site of memory
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Russian Revolution of 1905 (chapter 3 of Russian Revolution)
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The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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