what was the significance of bloody sunday in the history of russia
Bloody Sunday (1905) Bloody Sunday caused grave consequences for the Tsarist autocracy governing Imperial Russia: the events in St. Petersburg provoked public outrage and a series of massive strikes that spread quickly to the industrial centres of the Russian Empire. The massacre on Bloody Sunday is considered to be the start of the active phase of the Revolution of 1905. In addition to beginning the 1905 Revolution, historians such as Lionel Kochan in his book Russia in Revolution 1890â€“1918 view the events of Bloody Sunday to be one of the key events which led to the Russian Revolution of 1917.
October Revolution On 20 December 1917 (2 January 1918 new style), the Cheka was created by the decree of Vladimir Lenin.[42] These were the beginnings of the Bolsheviks' consolidation of power over their political opponents. The Red Terror was started in September 1918, following a failed assassination attempt on Lenin's life. The Jacobin Terror was an example for the Soviet Bolsheviks. Leon Trotsky had compared Lenin to Maximilien Robespierre as early as 1904.[43]