The Bloody Sunday massacre was an aborted attempt to take over the government.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim that the 1905 Bloody Sunday was an aborted attempt to take over the government is contradicted by the sources, which describe a peaceful petition march by workers that was fired upon by troops.
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… I have in the Barnes Review, which is, I recommend to everyone, I had the cover story a few years ago, I think it was 18, on the bloody so-called Bloody Sunday massacre, which is right here in the thick of all of this, on January 9th of 1905, which was an aborted attempt to take over the government rather than the march for peace and justice, as it's normally depicted, with no exceptions. Uhm, you know, we have people, you know, challenging the narrative on the Russian Revolution, all three of them, and we have people challenging the narrative in World War II, but very few challenging the …
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Contradicts. The BBC Bitesize guide states that the 22 January 1905 (9 January O.S.) march led by Father Gapon was a peaceful protest, and that 'the workers were not trying to overthrow the Tsar' but wanted to petition him about their plight.[1]
Contradicts. Britannica describes Bloody Sunday as the massacre of peaceful demonstrators in St. Petersburg who marched to present a petition to the emperor, with troops opening fire and killing over 100.[2]
Contradicts. Wikipedia and World History describe the event as a demonstration march toward the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II, with unarmed crowds fired upon by soldiers; the Wikipedia article's stated goals are reforms, not seizing power.[3][4]
Context. Sources characterize Bloody Sunday as a catalyst for the broader 1905 Russian Revolution, which the Tsar's government did partly survive by granting reforms. This shows the event contributed to revolutionary unrest, but not that the march itself was a bid to seize the government.[2][5]
Context. Sources about the 1972 Bloody Sunday in Derry (Northern Ireland) concern a different event and do not bear on the 1905 St. Petersburg event the claim refers to.[6][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 tier 1, 7 not rated
- 1Bloody Sunday - Causes of the 1905 Revolutionbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 2Russian Revolution of 1905 | Causes, Consequences & ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Bloody Sunday (1905) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Russian Revolution of 1905worldhistory.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Revolution of 1905 (Russian Empire)encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Political impact of Bloody Sundaynewsimg.bbc.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Bloody Sunday: Error or Design?scispace.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Bloody Sunday | Magillmagill.ie · not rated · cited for: context
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