Historical Russian Revolution
Bloody Sunday
Industrial working conditions in Russia were extremely tough and dangerous. Factory workers attempted to form trade unions but the factory owners resisted. Until finally in 1903 a priest named Father George Gapon formed a group called the Assembly of Russian Workers which got up to 9,000 members by the 1904. Prices of goods started to rise which meant their wages started to fall, causing Gapon to call for industrial action. It only took a couple of days for over 110,000 workers to strike out in St. Petersburg. Gapon made a petition for Nicholas II stating that the uprisings would end if he agreed to lower the working times to a maximum of eight hours, increase their wages, and improve the working conditions. Gapon also demanded an end to the Russian-Japanese War. On January 22nd, 1905 Gapon led a march of over 150,000 people to the Winter Palace to give the petition to Nicholas II, but once they arrived at the palace they were attacked by the police and the cossacks. By the end of the attack there were over 100 dead workers and about 300 wounded.
The March Revolution
In 1917, 200,000 women swarmed the streets of Russia. These women quickly gained support from other revolutionaries (men, working class). These citizens began to riot hoping to force change on the inflation of bread prices and fuel. Many attempts were made by Czar Nicholas II to stop these protests that were causing so much unrest, but all failed because the people who were put up to stop the protests were also working class. Most importantly Czar Nicholas II ordered the army to stop the protests but his failed. After a long fight to stay in control the restless citizens cause the Czar to step down from his power position.