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The amount deaths of ‘Bloody Sunday’ is unknown, estimation ranging from 40 to 4000. The peaceful march organised by Father Georgei Gapon to show the support of the people for his petition turned violent as guards began to shoot warning shots and then fire on gathering crowds. I believe that Nicholas II is responsible for the civilian deaths, because Father Gapon believed the march to be a peaceful approach to solve the problems of the working class families. It is reported that Gapon had sent letters to the Tsar telling him of the strike, and this lead Nicholas to retreat to his sister’s house not far from the Winter Palace and I believe that Nicholas had done this because he believed it would get violent and still did nothing to prevent it.

Despite the death of an unknown amount of people, Bloody Sunday was a victory to the anti-Tsarist movement because it induced a sense of mistrust towards the Tsar. Then events that took place could have been different if the Tsar had of acted earlier which he did not.

Bloody Sunday was a key moment and there would not have been a revolution without it. The event itself did not have any political significants, but caused unrest among the people which led Nicholas II to create the October Manifestos, a major alteration in the government for a short time.