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Bloody Sunday (1905)
Bloody Sunday
or
Red Sunday
is the name given to the events of Sunday, in
St Petersburg
,
Russia
, when unarmed demonstrators led by Father
Georgy Gapon
were fired upon by soldiers of the
Imperial Guard
as they marched towards the
Winter Palace
to present a
petition
to
Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia
.
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