Question by Vee O.: What does Bloody Sunday suggest about the relationship between the Tsar and the Russian people?
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Spellbound says
Bloody Sunday broke the relationship between Tsar and the Russian people. Until then the Tsar was seen as appointed by God to rule wisely over the Russian people. The protesters on the march that ended in Bloody Sunday were carrying banners of Nicholas and ones proclaiming their loyalty. Before the march most Russians had an icon of Nicholas or the Imperial Family in their house – Bloody Sunday made many Russians question that loyalty, fuelling the radicalism that was taking hold in the cities. In the countryside villagers became increasingly angry about Emancipation – as they had to buy their freedom over 50 years, and attacks on Government representatives and manor houses increased after the massacre.
See:
Russia, People and Empire 1552 – 1917 by Geoffrey Hosking