Bloody Sunday

Delegates led by Father Gapon appealed unsuccessfully to factory managers and government officials. Workers at the Franco-Russian shipyard joined the strike. The source date is 4 January Old Style.

The stoppage spread to other factories, bringing roughly 25,000 workers into the strike movement. The source date is 5 January Old Style.

At meetings of Gapon’s organization, workers proposed a peaceful procession to present Nicholas II with a petition covering labour conditions and political rights. The source date is 6 January Old...

The strike spread across the capital, closing most major workplaces while workers discussed the petition and plans for a march to the Winter Palace. The source date is 7 January Old Style.

A delegation including Maxim Gorky tried to persuade officials to prevent bloodshed. Authorities mobilized troops while Gapon’s organization prepared the next day’s procession. The source date is 8...

Authorities placed the capital under military control after Bloody Sunday. Gapon denounced the tsar and urged resistance. The source date is 10 January Old Style.

News of Bloody Sunday helped provoke strikes and demonstrations in Warsaw, extending the revolutionary crisis into Russian-ruled Poland. The source date is 11 January Old Style.

Workers in Riga joined the strike wave. The movement combined labour demands with opposition to imperial and Baltic German authority. The source date is 12 January Old Style.

The strike wave reached the major industrial city of Łódź, where textile workers played a central role in the Polish revolution of 1905. The source date is 13 January Old Style.

Imperial troops opened fire on a workers’ demonstration in Riga, killing and wounding protesters. The source date is 13 January Old Style.