On this day in 1905, troops at the Russian Winter Palace fired upon a huge procession of working class demonstrators, killing hundreds. The massacre, known as "Bloody Sunday", led to widespread uprisings and sweeping reforms in what is known as the Russian Revolution of 1905.

The revolt took place amidst widespread discontent with conditions under the Tsarist absolute monarchy, and a growing proliferation of political radicalism. Although mass strikes broke out weeks earlier in St. Petersburg, the beginning of the revolution is typically marked by the "Bloody Sunday" massacre on January 22nd, when unarmed protestors marching towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas were fired upon by soldiers, killing hundreds.

In response to the massacre, mass worker resistance exploded across the Russian empire. Half of European Russia's industrial workers went on strike in 1905, 93.2% in Poland. The Tsar's uncle was assassinated on February 17th.

On March 2nd, the Tsar agreed to the establishment of a legislature, the State Duma. However, with the body's powers remaining limited (initially only given consultative powers), the rebels were emboldened to push harder.

Summer saw peasant rebellion and mutinies (Russia being at war with Japan at the time), most famously the mutiny on the battleship Potemkin, triggered when sailors refused to eat borscht made from maggot-infested meat.

As strikes continued, the government announced a Manifesto on October 17th, enacting emergency civil reform to placate the masses, and succesfully crushed remaining resistance in the following months, such as the Moscow Uprising in December.

The uprising is considered the predecessor to the Russian Revolution of 1917 which led to the establishment of the Soviet Union; Vladimir Lenin called it "The Great Dress Rehearsal", without which the "victory of the October Revolution in 1917 would have been impossible".

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  • asaharyev [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I accidentally ordered take-out instead of delivery and had to short notice bike ~3miles to get food and back in 9F weather....and the cough I had when I got back several hours ago is finally gone. Though breathing still does feel a little weird.

    AKA, I need to exercise more and practice better layering in the cold.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      You know you can just call and change it to delivery right? That's totally fine

      • asaharyev [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Some places are difficult about it, and I figured it would be fine. I was wrong.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          That's fucking dumb. Unless delivery was finished for the night there is literally no difference on their end.

          • asaharyev [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Restaurants often charge a delivery fee. This place probably would have done it, but I figured a quick bike ride would be fine, forgetting just how far it was.

            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              If there's a fee you can probably hand it to the driver and they'll settle it after but hey, bike rides are cool.

    • penguin_von_doom [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Wait, there is a difference between take out and delivery? Ive always thought they are interchangeable and both mean essentially getting the food delivered...

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        3 years ago

        At least where I live take out means you order in advance and just walk in to pay and pick up the food(or pay in advance and just pick it up) while delivery is delivery.

      • 420clownpeen [they/them,any]
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        3 years ago

        Never really thought about this till now but yeah it does seem pretty common for people here to refer to food from a restaurant as "takeout" (in the sense of "eating takeout") even if they ordered it delivered.