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Chapter 474 Bleeding Sunday

After the news of the battle of the Russian Rogue East fleet was now annihilated to Russia, the hunched Mao Chechuan was shocked, and there was a sound of grief from top to bottom. Of course, only Tsar Nicholas II was truly sad that his fleet was gone. The reason why other civil and military ministers were heartbroken was that in addition to showing it to the Tsar, they were more of the money they invested in the navy. Not only did they not regain their capital, but they all lost them.

Russia was shocked. The national anti-war sentiment suddenly rose. The Tsarist government was originally planning to use the war against China to divert the increasingly intensified domestic contradictions. Now the world's second largest naval fleet was completely wiped out by the Chinese navy. The blow to the Russian Tsarist government was fatal. The people believed that the Tsar was the highest and ruled the darkness at the same time, causing the country to be poor and the people's lives were not difficult.

At the end of the old century, the beginning of the century. Russia's social contradictions were very sharp and complex. In the early century, just as the world reached the capitalist country was leaping on horseback and flying on the road of modernization, Russia, an inconsistent ancient empire, was still climbing forward with the ox pulling a broken cart.

However, mankind needs to make progress. Society needs to develop, backward, feudal, and corrupt Tsarist system is like a declining sand dike. How can it withstand the impact of various political ideas, economic theories and international disputes from outside? It seems that the collapse of the Tsarist system is just a matter of time.

At that time, Russia faced quite a lot of problems. In terms of economy, just as it entered the 20th century, Russia had a serious economic crisis, from the development of light industry to heavy industry, which made the entire industrial production field paralyzed. However, the Tsarist government thought that in this case, it could get rid of this economic crisis by activating war against China, so the large-scale military expansion campaign caused a greater crisis in the country's finances.

Politically, due to the economic crisis, workers were unemployed and farmers went bankrupt, ordinary workers became increasingly poor, and political strikes and armed riots continued to arise. There were small fuss every three days and big fuss every five days. In the end, Lenin and other Bolsheviks couldn't help but revolt early.

In terms of foreign relations, Russia was originally excluded by European countries. After Russia launched a war against China, Britain was the first to stand up to oppose it. European countries did not need to offend Britain for Russia. Therefore, Russia's international status plummeted, and the power of the European military police instantly turned into the face of a young man from the European powers.

As early as five years ago, when Zhang Yunfei offended Russia, the Imperial and Qin government began to plan Russia. The main thug was Lenin's Bolshevik Party. At first everything was going on in secret. After the war between China and Russia began, activities surfaced. Since then, workers' strikes and peasant movements in urban and rural Russia have never stopped. On the 7th of 2018, workers at the Obhav Arsenal in St. Petersburg began to strike. The unarmed strikers also fought fiercely with the military and police of the government who came to suppress it. As a result, some workers were arrested. This incident is called the "Obhav Defense War" in Russian history.

As the Far East War expanded, the Emperor and Qin government stepped up subversive and sabotage activities in Russia. The wave of Russian workers' strike continued under the incitement of Lenin. Many workers in Rostov on the bank of the Don River participated in a three-week political strike. In 2009, the strikes in various industrial centers of Ukraine and the Southern Caucasus were later launched into a general strike, and about 10,000 workers participated in the struggle. At the same time, the vast number of rural farmers seized land, and within 2011, there were many large-scale peasant movements.

In addition, the student movements in the Russian intellectual circle have also risen one after another. The revolutionary struggle of the general public has promoted the emergence of political groups and organizations and political parties from all walks of life. From each stage, the groups of political parties organized by various factions have successively put forward their own different theories and strategies. The whole of Russia is facing a tragic situation where the storm is about to come and the wind is everywhere.

At the end of the year, Russia lost consecutively in the Sino-Russian War. After the destruction of the Far East Fleet, which was known as the second naval fleet in the world, it was reported that the Russian Sixth Army Group in Mongolia in China was defeated. This news greatly stimulated the nerves of Russia. At the same time, it further exposed the corruption of the Tsarist system and exacerbated the intensification of social contradictions.

Faced with the increasingly emerging revolutionary situation, especially the continuous workers' movement, the Tsarist government was frightened and had to mobilize the army and police to suppress it. However, the role of this gendarmerie made the Tsar's image worse and caused a larger-scale resistance.

Therefore, someone proposed to the Tsarist government: organize a workers' team to carry out sabotage activities from within the workers' movement.

The Tsar came to take this measure immediately. From the end of the year, he tried to destroy the revolution. This was called "police socialism" in Russian history.

However, this method soon failed because these fake socialist organizations were controlled by Zubatov, director of the Moscow Spy Bureau. Over time, people saw through the essence of such organizations and were no longer fooled. If one plan failed, a new plan would be created.

, La Nian, the Tsarist government supported a priest named Gabon to establish the "Russian Industrial Workers Association" in Peter's Fort and set up branches in major enterprises in the capital. The purpose of this organization is to peacefully mediate disputes and conflicts between workers and business owners to prevent the birth of the revolution, and to attack the workers who had just come from the countryside and were very low-conscious, to educate them about their beliefs and loyalty to the "Love Father Tsar. The purpose of the Tsar government is to use the spies wearing cassocks to complete tasks that Zubatov could not accomplish. Although Lenin's Bolshevik Party had seen through the true face of the Gabon organization and warned people not to be fooled by them many times, because the Bolshevik power in the capital was still very limited at that time, the awareness of the proletarian masses still needs to be improved, and the result was that the Gabon group arranged a large-scale petition activity, which turned into an unprecedented bloodshed.

On the 3rd of the Russian Julian calendar, the workers at the largest worker in Petersburg began to strike. Other companies responded immediately. On the 8th of the month, the strike had swept the whole city and had the nature of a general strike. Under the influence of the Bolsheviks, the workers not only put forward economic demands, but also political demands. Gabon saw that the movement could no longer be stopped. At the instigation and planning of the police authorities, it decided to organize workers to line up to the Hermitage and present a petition to the Tsar about the urgent needs of the people.

The book and deceived the workers to say that they should believe that the Tsar would agree to the workers' requests. The content of this petition is really bizarre and weird. There are fantasies of the patriarchal system, simple revolutionary sentiments, requests to the Tsar, convening a constitutional council, establishing democracy and freedom immediately, implementing an eight-hour working system, amnesty for the fight for the freedom of the people, and stopping war according to public opinion. In the last few words of the petition, there is a threat that if the petition cannot succeed, we would rather die.

These words are as follows: "We have no choice, and there is no need to find a way. We only have two paths to go: one is the path of freedom and happiness. The other is the path of death

After hearing the news that the petition was about to be lined up, the Bolsheviks immediately went to various factories to explain to the workers that following Gabon to line up for petition was not only futile, but also dangerous. On the 8th of the 1st, the Bolsheviks also presented a "Letter to All Workers in Petersburg" in the name of the Petersburg Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.

Warn the workers that there is no freedom from the hands of the Tsar. "With such a low price, even if a petition is presented by a priest on behalf of the workers, it is impossible to buy freedom. Freedom is exchanged for blood. Freedom is to be won by a cruel struggle.

The Bolsheviks, who were in the underground state, were closely watching the development of Petersburg, and scattered leaflets warned workers not to believe in the Tsar. They pointed out that freedom can only be fought for, and they could not expect the Tsar's gifts, and expressed doubts about the activities of Father Gobang. Lenin suggested that these workers join their uprising army, but the workers generally had fantasies about the Tsar and doubts about whether the Bolshevik rebels could defeat the Tsar's government. After all, the Tsar was too powerful... Yuekou Ri

On Sunday, a large number of strike workers in St. Petersburg took their families, helping their elderly and young, and took to the streets from all directions to form a team. The petition teams reached about 10,000 people in the old and were of great significance. They held religious flags, statues, crosses and portraits of the Tsar. They sang prayers and chants to the Tsar and went to the Winter Palace to petition. Gobang led the workers in the Narva District, the largest team in the team, holding petitions signed by thousands of people, and prepared to submit them to the Tsar.

The petition says that we are here to beg the emperor for justice and protection, and propose basic democratic requirements such as implementing the implementation of the land, transferring the land to the people on working days, implementing amnesty and various political freedoms, and convening a constitutional conference.

Tsar Nicholas II was terrified by the destruction of the Far East Fleet and the defeat of the Sixth Army Group. When the news that these petitioners had gathered more than 100,000 people reached his ears, he became more annoyed. Thinking that Lenin and the Bolsheviks were still swaying with their eyes, he was so angry that he immediately ordered the suppression of the petitioners.

Russia's first prime minister Storepin and Minister of Finance Viter urged the Tsar not to take excessive actions, but the Tsar, who was angry, would not obey the opinions of the two of them at all. So a bloody incident that had been planned for a long time was in full swing.

The Tsarist government arranged a large number of military and police at some intersections leading to the Winter Palace, bridgeheads and the Winter Palace Square. Many people in the petition team were beaten and blocked by the military and police and failed to reach the Winter Palace. The peaceful petition team entering the Winter Palace Square was shot and killed by the military and police lined up under the Winter Palace wall before they could submit the petition. At the Narva Gate, the Troysk Bridge and other places, the roads of the parade had been occupied by police and cavalry. When the workers arrived, they were greeted by rows of rifle bullets, and a small number of people entering the Winter Palace Square were also shot by the troops who had already been waiting there.

The government had already gathered the infantry of the battalion and cavalry of multiple companies in the Hermitage. By noon, more than 4,600 people were killed and injured in the petitioners, and at least the last illusion of the Quren's workers about the Tsar was completely shattered on this day.

The next day, the Bolshevik Party issued a letter to the people, calling on workers to "arm up," and a general strike against the Tsar's atrocities broke out in many places. As early as a month ago, the "Three Congresses" of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party were held, and it formulated a plan to prepare an armed uprising nationwide, and was preparing to further strengthen the current rebel army, expand the results of the war, and formulate a line and policy to overturn the Tsar's** system.

Since then, the revolutionary movement has continued to expand and deepen throughout Russia. Jianshuao factory reported fewer reports, and the salary is due to "the lies," and "the Black Sea Fleet" "The Bo Jiangjin. The armored ship of the Bo Jiangjin armored ship revolted, the warship left the port, and the Lehe Honghai You Ge almost had a fierce conflict with the Turkish navy, causing the Second Crimean War. In the Black Sea Fleet, many officers and soldiers joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, many of which belonged to the Bolsheviks. At the turn of spring and summer, the Bolsheviks had already formulated an uprising plan in the Black Sea Fleet and were ready to lead the sailor uprising at the appropriate time.

However, before the scheduled uprising was born, the uprising was held. On the old days, the inhumane treatment of the command center and the horrific and cruel massacre, the sailors of the "Dadaghir" ironclad ship held an uprising. They punished the most hated officers, raised the red flag on the warship, and selected the warship committee with the miner Machu Shenke. Accompanied by the torpedo boat of the Qu, the uprising "Dadaghir" ironclad ship sailed toward the Jodessa, which was on the general strike at the time, intending to unite with the workers there.

However, things went very hard. In the striking Dessa, the Social Democratic Labor Party, which led the strike, took a wavering and negative attitude towards the arrival of the "Dadakir". The straitors did not support the uprising sailors, which led to the disagreement of opinions.

Just when the rebel warships were in a dilemma, the Tsarist government had mobilized most of the warships of the Black Sea Fleet to deal with the "Dadagir", the ironclad ship with the largest and most powerful firepower in the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet at that time. The Black Sea Fleet received the order: "Catch or sink the sailors who revolted on the "Dadagir" were helpless and had to face the battle.

At that time, no warship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was the opponent of the "Dadagir". Even if other warships were arranged in formation to attack it, it would be difficult to complete the order of the Tsar to capture or sink it. The "Dadagir" sailors knew this, so they were not panicked or nervous about the arrival of the Black Sea Fleet. They drove their warships toward the array of the Black Sea Fleet and rushed the queue twice.

There were many sailors on the fleet that came to carry out the orders of the Tsar, sympathizing with and supporting the uprisingers on the "Dadagir". They publicly welcomed the uprisings when the two ships met. In this case, the Russian Navy Command was worried that other warships would also revolt, so he quickly ordered the Black Sea Fleet to leave, but an iron-clad ship named "The Eternal Winner" had already participated in the uprising. It was only because the commander elected by the uprising sailors on this warship was timid and afraid of things. Finally,

The warship hit the reef. In this way, the "Dadagir" ironclad ship wandered in the Black Sea like a lone eagle. It was also like a homeless child consuming his physical energy day by day. After the uprising, the "Dadagir" rebels had no ammunition and food, and had no way to go. They were forced to drive the warship to the port of Constanta in Romania and surrender to the Romanian government. The rebels naively believed that as long as they were not in the hands of the Russian Tsar, they could be exempted from punishment.

But they were wrong. How dare the Romanian government offend the Tsarist government because of a "Dadagir, the ironclad ship and its rebellious sailors? So after the sailors surrendered, the Romanian government negotiated with the Russian government and finally extradded the uprising sailors back to Russia. These innocent sailors were finally hanged.

Although the uprising failed, the strike did not stop. Then, the workers of the Moscow Korshan Railway held a strike and performed as a national political general strike. At the same time, under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party, the Moscow workers held an armed uprising, pushing the revolutionary movement to the pinnacle. They originally wanted to cooperate with the rebels near Kiev to seize Moscow. However, at the critical moment, the two factions in the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks adopted completely different attitudes: the Mensheviks advocated that the party supports the "feasting and movement of the bourgeoisie and "petition" to the Tsar; while the Bolsheviks advocated the use of the favorable conditions that the Tsar's government was weakened in the war to mobilize the people to carry out the revolution. As a result, due to the huge gap in power, the Moscow uprising was quickly suppressed and failed.

The bloody and violent incidents taken by the Tsar suddenly spread all over the world, and before any countries could stand up to speak. The embassies and consulates of the Imperial and Qin governments in various countries immediately declared to the governments that the Russian government was a violent, bloody, corrupt, reactionary government, and the Chinese government supported the legitimate struggle of the Russian people.

A big hat was put on the Russians first. Although governments of all countries knew the actions of the Chinese government, they could not refute it. Immediately afterwards, Britain, Germany, as well as the members of the Allies, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire supported the Chinese government's statement and strongly condemned the Tsarist Russian government.

For a time, countries around the world were forced to political pressure from major powers, Britain, Germany, the United States and China, and rose up to condemn Russia's bloody behavior. The political reputation of the Russian Tsarist government suddenly fell to the bottom and reached freezing point.
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