Bloody Sunday: Massacre in St. Petersburg (1905) - Details

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Title:	Bloody Sunday: Massacre in St. Petersburg (1905) - http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Bloody+Sunday+%281905%29
Description:	On Bloody Sunday, Tsar Nicholas II's Imperial guards killed between 1,000 and 4,000 unarmed, peaceful demonstrators as they marched toward the Winter Palace. Their intention was to present the tsar with a petition that included demands for equality before the law, an eight-hour workday, improved working conditions, and fair wages. Why was Father Gapon, the Russian Orthodox priest who organized the demonstration, later killed by his friend?
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