Question

Complete the passage about an event in Russian history. A crowd of about 20,000 people demonstrated in 1905 in St. Petersburg to appeal for ________. This demonstration led to ______.
First blank options- the freedom of serfs, workers reforms, the appointment of a new czar.

Second blank options- Bloody Sunday, the Decembrist revolt, or the Crimean war.

Answer 1

The correct options are:

A crowd of about 20,000 people demonstrated in 1905 in St. Petersburg to appeal for workers' reforms. This demonstration led to the Bloody Sunday.

This demonstration along with the Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin (1905) are understood as the first phase of the Socialist Revolution in Russia in early the 20th century.

This series of rebellion against the czar led to the organization of the first soviets, which would be fundamental for the October Revolution 1917. Soviets were councils of organized workers to defend their rights.