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A group of military officials staged a revolt against the czar Nicholas I. They revolted becasue they felt threatened by the new rulers conservitive views.
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Alexander II asked Russia to consider to free the surfs adding that it would be better to begin to abolish serfdom from above rather than wait for a rising from below.
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killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People's Will" group. The People's Will, organized in 1879, employed terrorism and assassination in their attempt to overthrow Russia's czarist autocracy
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This war was a waste of money and power, Russia tried to live its previous glory as one of the strongest countries. Everyone blamed the czar for getting them into that war that no one wanted to be in.
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It was intended to be a peaceful march, but military officials didnt think so. The workers were marching, when they saw soldiers opened fire on the peaceful proterster.
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The things that happened to people on Bloody Sunday scared Russians. Riots and strikes went to all cities. Peasants looted and burned the homes of landowners.
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Bread and Peace, the thing that all the protesters wanted and the thing they chanted. When soldiers were sent in they refused to fire and some even joined the protests.
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Nicholas II is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government was now in his place.
