9 Myths About the Last Russian Tsar Meant to Defame Him: #4 – Bloody Sunday
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"a violent mob (and not ‘peaceful and unarmed’ as the Western propaganda goes), burning and looting vehicles and other property, revolted on Bloody Sunday in 1905"
Ruslan Ward
Part of Communist legend - and not true
Editor's note: A Russian website recently published a long, fascinating article by renown historian Gleb Eliseev. It names nine most widespread myths about Nicholas II. We decided to relay it to you in a series of weekly articles, in order to help people better understand why the Russian church made Nicholas II a saint. This is the fourth one in our series. (Myth 1; Myth 2; Myth 3 )
Every high schooler learns that ‘Bloody Sunday’, was a ‘peaceful demonstration’ that was violently fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard in 1905.
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