sa20%6 1905: Bloody Sunday in Russia - The New York Times The New dork Times 1905: Bloody Sunday in Russia By International Herald Tribune January 22, 2016 1:00 am On Jan. 22, 1905, soldiers of the Imperial Guard in St. Petersburg, Russia, fired upon demonstrators as they marched to the Winter Palace to petition Czar Nicholas II. The massacre would become known as Bloody Sunday, and it is seen as having contributed to the revolution in Russia that year. The European edition of The New York Herald devoted its front page on Jan. 26, 1905, to coverage of the aftermath of the massacre. Here are a few excerpts: Troubles in Moscow ST. Pl SBURG — hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Universit 'o-morrow [Jan. 25], on the occasion of the one student riots are expected. General Volkoff, the new Governor of Moscow, states that he will adopt the same repressive measures there as are in effect in St. Petersburg. Troops have ceased using firearms. Cossacks are clearing the streets with whips. Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky has resigned, but his resignation has not yet been accepted as it is difficult to find a substitute. offered to Prince Obolensky, who has declined it. Prince Obolensky is a member of the Imperial Council and was formerly a Deputy-Governor of position has been Warsaw. M. Witte also was offered the post but refused it. nts rtrospectve Hogs. rytimes.com/20160122195- blondy sunday in-russa/rrat collection .2Ftimestopic%2FNichdlas\G201%20%200zar%200020... 13sa20%6 1905: Bloody Sunday in Russia - The New York Times Most of the victims of Sunday's massacre are being buried to-night, but many families cannot obtain any information as to the fate of relative Sympathizers Parade in Geneva GENEVA — Revolutionist and Socialist meetings are being held here every night, and there are processions over which the red flag waves. No serious disturbances have occurred. Private despatches relate that the frontier police are intimidated, and access to Russia is easy now even for those without passports. Many revolutionists are taking advantage of this. Subscription lists in favor of the strikers have been started by Socialist papers, which attack the Russian bureaucracy violently. Aristocracy Leaving Town, All those who are able to do so are now leaving St. Petersburg. The aristocratic part of the population is betaking itself either abroad or to its estates in the country. It is difficult to say how long the strike will last, as the gland. A part of this money has been seized by the Government and confiscated. strikers have been furnished with money from abroad, chiefly from E1 ‘The correspondent of the “Berliner Tageblatt” at St. Petersburg maintains that Father Gapon was wounded on Sunday. He asserts that he was present and saw the priest struck down. The Government, trying to remove the impression caused by the wounding of the priests, is spreading a report that they are not really students but police in disguise. It is further denied that the Tsar and the Imperial family have any intention of leaving Tsarskoe Selo. In many towns in Russia the portrait of the Tsar has been removed from public buildings to prevent its being injured. On the other hand, the portrait of the Tsaritsa is everywhere respected. — The New York Herald, European Edition, Jan. 26, 1905 ntsin- retrospective Hogs. rytimes.com/20180122195-blondy-sundayn-russa’rro collection .2Ftimestopic%k2FNichalas 20120 %200ar%200020... 23srazots 1905: Bloody Sunday in Russia - The New York Times © 2016 The New York Times Company tp:it-etrospoctve Hogs rytimes.comi201601/211805-boody-sunday-in-ussiaref= collector k2F imestpicYi2FNichlas%201%20%2002ar%2000%20.. 33