Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The 1905 Revolution 2
- On Sunday 22 January 1905 a priest called
Father Gapon led a procession of 200000
people to the Winter Palace. They were
delivering a petition to the Tsar asking for
better working and living conditions in the
cities.
- Nicholas ordered his troops to shoot at the
people led by Father Gapon. Reports suggest
that between 100-1,000 people were killed.
- In June 1905 the sailors on the
Battle Potemkin mutinied.
- The sailors were protesting against
the shameful defeat of the
Russo-Japanese War
- Many people came to join
the protest in support of the
sailors. Nicholas ordered
the army to end the mutiny.
- Towards the end of June the middle class liberals
joined the protests. They demanded an elected
parliament, freedom of speech and the right to
form political parties.
- Towards the end of June more and more
workers started to go on strike. The
workers wanted better wages and working
and lining conditions.
- In July the peasants rioted. They seized
land, burnt crops and looted the
landowners' houses.
- In October a group of workers came together to organise
the strikes in St Petersburg. They became known as the St
Petersburg Soviet. Other cities started to copy, forming
their own soviets.