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Facts

Date January 22, 1905 - 1906
Location Russian Empire

Did You Know?

  • The "Bloody Sunday" demonstration was led by a priest named Father Gapon.
  • As part of the 1905 Revolution, the sailors of the battleship "Potemkin" mutinied.
  • On "Bloody Sunday", more than 500 protestors were killed.

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Key People

Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
Sergey Yulyevich Witte
Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte
prime minister of Russia
Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo
Russian statesman