• purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      3 days ago

      If you want to read more about it, they are probably referring to bloody sunday:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)

      But it’s worth noting that there were a few other huge factors. As some other examples, the Tsardom had a habit of doing pogroms against its Jewish population, which is the main reason that there were so many Jewish revolutionaries (this is part of the origin of the Judeobolshevism myth), and WWI had been going on for a few years and was seen by many as a barbaric meat grinder that accomplished nothing (especially those with family or friends on the frontlines), but the liberal provisional government refused to withdraw from the war. You might also find the story of how the Bolshevik withdrawal went to be interesting for other reasons.