Chapter 13: Bloody Sunday Part II

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Just when the strike organized by Lenin and others had achieved great results and was about to lead the revolutionary insurrection, a man jumped out and poured cold water on the insurrection he had prepared, and this person was Father Gabon. After Lenin organized the "Russian Factory Workers' Congress", the Tsarist authorities arranged for Father Garbon to be a priest to the workers, and many poor workers in Russia at that time were Orthodox faithful.

Born into a wealthy peasant family in Ukraine, which was still part of the Russian Empire, Gabang entered the seminary at a young age, where he excelled and was sent by the Orthodox Church to serve as a priest in the workers' ghetto of St. Petersburg, and later to the workers' ghetto of St. Petersburg. Strictly speaking, unlike the Russian aristocrats who pressed the blood and sweat of the workers, Father Gabang often wore black priestly robes, went deep among the workers and the poor, understood their suffering, helped the people at the bottom to solve their living difficulties, and his language was easily accepted by the workers and commoners, and the masses trusted him.

Unlike the Bolsheviks, who advocated bloody revolution, Gabang advocated the salvation of the hearts and greed of all people with the doctrine of Christianity, the improvement of the living conditions of the workers through legal means, and the further improvement of the status of the workers. The priest stood up again and spoke in the image of a spokesman for the religious community: "Rest assured, we are all great subjects of the empire, children of His Majesty the Tsar, if the factory does not agree to everyone's request for a wage increase, we will go together to petition His Majesty the Tsar, His Majesty is God's spokesman in the world, and he will hear everyone's voice." Holding church flags and portraits of the Tsar, we marched to the Winter Palace to present to His Majesty the Tsar a petition describing the suffering of our people, and the Tsar would surely come out to receive his people, listen to and meet their demands! ”

Then. The workers were still in awe of the Tsar, and when they heard from Father Gabbon that they could petition the Tsar, the workers gave up the idea of rioting. The members of the Bolshevik secret front, led by Lenin, were in a hurry and hurried to point it out to the workers. Freedom was not to be obtained by petitioning the Tsar, but to take up arms to fight for it, to take up arms to fight, to change the reality of Russia, to overthrow the Tsarist ruling class, to free the poor people from the miserable life of oppression and exploitation, this was the only way for the Russian workers and the masses at large, and the Bolsheviks even warned the workers that they would be shot during the peaceful petition.

But it is a pity that the "consciousness" of the workers at this time has not reached this level at all, and they do not know what these revolutionaries are talking nonsense. Bloody revolution, democracy and freedom, they don't care about this, they only care about whether they and their families can have enough bread to eat. Many workers were willing to follow Father Garbon, hoping for this most peaceful means. Received by the Tsar, hoping that the Tsar would do justice to his own people, and let the factory owners give them a wage increase, they would rather believe the priests than the nonsense of the Bolshevik Party!

Father Garbon won the support of the workers, smiling and acting as the eyeliner of the St. Petersburg secret police. He opposed violent revolution and always wanted to get out the Bolsheviks with Lenin at its core. He believed that the Bolsheviks, who had been making trouble and organizing strikes, were to blame for the instability of the Reich. He will do what he wants, agitate the workers to strike, and let the organizers who are hiding among the workers jump out of the equation. A conspiracy against local liberals and Bolshevik organizations began in earnest, orchestrated by the secret police of Tsarist Russia.

In the following days, other factories in St. Petersburg began to participate in strike petitions organized by the Bolshevik-led workers' unions, which were discussed at rallies representing the workers' views. and some modifications have been made.

Poor workers took to the streets of St. Petersburg, and the management of the factories in St. Petersburg, unable to stop the strike, had to report to the police. The officers of the secret police also wanted to arrest Lenin, and after communicating with the police, they did not prevent interference with Father Gabon's action, and the situation continued with the strikes, petitions, and demonstrations, so that the Bolsheviks could surface on their own.

Representatives of the Bolshevik parties and local liberals were excited, feeling that great things could be done, and they went around at rallies and insurrections, quickly revealing their identities.

Father Gabang carefully recorded the details of the representatives of the various parties, put them in his personal pocket, and walked into a deserted villa on a dark night. This small building was the stronghold of the secret police of Tsarist Russia, and at this time the lights were bright, and the information collected from various factories during the day was processed intensively at night. Father Gabang walked directly into the head of the secret police, Andrei. Sokolov's office, which handed over the list of representatives of the Bolshevik party and local liberals to Andrei. Sokolov.

Andre. Sokolov quickly reported the facts to the head of the St. Petersburg Police Department, Zubatov, who was under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vyacheslav. Previ immediately reported to Tsar Nicholas II the origin of this petitioning procession.

Tsar Nicholas II's father, Alexander III, was assassinated by Lenin's brother's Narodniks, and with fear he gave up his elegant and luxurious life in St. Petersburg and moved to the palace of Gatchyna, where he lived in fear and fear. Nicholas II hated the liberals and the Bolshevik Party formed by Lenin, so he ordered that the Capital Garrison Command should be responsible for cooperating with the Minister of the Interior in resolving the protests.

Nicholas II decided that the Guards would be the main force of repression, and the troops of Tsarskoy, Dzergov, Pskov and other districts near St. Petersburg were also mobilized to St. Petersburg.

After making the deployment, Nicholas II almost roared at the Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav. Previ said: "Vyacheslav. Count Previ, my Minister of the Interior, do you know whom I hate the most? These rogue revolutionaries, at this time, when we are fighting with the Chinese, stabbing us in the back, this is committing the crime of traitor, do you know how to do it? ”

Interior Minister Vyacheslav. Count Previ nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely give them a little bit of a good taste." Let them know that His Majesty the Emperor's will to rule is absolutely unshakable. ”

Only then did Nicholas II be a little satisfied, and issued a holy decree: "Immediately mobilize Preobrazhensky and Semyonov into the city to protect the safety of the Winter Palace!" Vyacheslav. Count Previ, I authorize you to use any measure of force. Give them a blow. Can I trust you? My Vyacheslav . Count of Previ. ”

Count Previ stood up and replied: "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor, Vyacheslav. Previ will not fail to live up to His Majesty's trust! ”

Nicholas II nodded and said to the godfather Grand Duke Vladimir on the side: "Grand Duke Vladimir, on behalf of the Orthodox Church, you come forward to assist Vyacheslav. Count Previ, can you teach these fellows mixed with the liberals and the Bolsheviks a deep bloody lesson?"

Grand Duke Vladimir replied with a bow: "Yes, Your Majesty." I will do what you wish. ”

Nicholas II said to the two: "Then go and prepare, let the liberals of the St. Petersburg region and the formed Bolshevik party organizations know about our iron-blooded methods!" ”

Interior Minister Vyacheslav. Previ knew what Tsar Nicholas II meant, and as soon as he got the tsar's warrant, he immediately went to mobilize the army. Deploy police forces to do a good job of security and defense.

Some celebrities in St. Petersburg, including the writer Gorky and others, were also sensitive to the signs of the movement of the Tsarist Russian army, and the Tsarist government was likely to send troops to suppress the workers' petitions. But the army has been assembled, and the butcher's knives of the executioners have been raised!

The general strike has begun! The workers of the city of St. Petersburg, with their whole families, wives, children and the elderly, braved the cold wind of the early morning to meet the Tsar. They are all kind ordinary people. Unarmed, carrying portraits of the Tsar, carrying church flags, singing prayer songs, gathered in the procession on the streets. 250,000 people took part in the general strike, which was so loud that when they reached Shidao Street, some people also ran into the queue to petition. Three or four hundred thousand people, including many elderly and children, and the poor workers sang mournful prayers, which quickly spread throughout the streets of St. Petersburg and colored the petition procession with sacred colors.

The workers at the forefront of the march held up a petition with their good wishes: "We, the workers of St. Petersburg, together with our wives and children, and our elderly and infirm parents, have come to ask His Majesty the Emperor for justice and to change the hardships of our lives, the oppression of our cattle and horses, the bullying, humiliation and inhuman treatment...... We have endured again and again, but day after day we are pushed into the abyss of misery and ignorance, and tyrannical and greedy managers hold us down with whips...... Patience has reached its limit, and we have reached the time when it is better to die than to let this unbearable pain continue, and may the great God and His Majesty the Emperor have mercy on us......"

These good workers firmly believed in the words of Father Gabon: "We go to the Winter Palace to petition and present our petition to the Tsar, who is the son of the Father and will give us justice and protection...... They believed that the petition would be recognized by the Tsar, that life would be greatly improved, and that the procession full of good wishes marched mightily towards the Winter Palace.

From the thirties and forties of the 19th century, the working class in Britain, France, Germany and other countries carried out independent political movements, such as the famous three major labor movements: the two uprisings of the silk weavers in Lyon, France; the Chartist Movement in the United Kingdom; Revolt of the textile workers of Silesia, Germany. The specter of "publicism" created by Marx and Engels has been floating in Europe all along. However, Britain, France, Germany, and other countries are nothing compared to the general strike of hundreds of thousands of people in Petersburg, and reporters and photographers from news agencies in various countries chased after the petitioning crowd to interview, taking pictures and videos non-stop.

The people who went on strike and petitioned could not have imagined that the Tsarist government already hated the general strike of workers in St. Petersburg, and that Tsar Nicholas II felt that it was the liberals and the Bolshevik party organizations in the St. Petersburg region were using them to seize power for themselves, and Tsar Nicholas II hated them bitterly. Tsar Nicholas II was also nervous, restless in the Winter Palace, muttering the oath he had made when he ascended the throne: "For the good of the Russian Empire, I will spare no effort and unswervingly preserve my rule, like my unforgettable, deceased father......"

Grand Duke Vladimir was at the Tsar's side, quietly waiting for Nicholas II's final order to slaughter, and he did not know that the scale of the strike petition would be so large, and this order had to be given by the Tsar, otherwise no one would be able to bear such serious consequences. After Emperor Nicholas II finished speaking, he waved his hand heavily and said: "Grand Duke Vladimir, convey my orders and show our determination to defend the empire!" ”

It was Sunday, when the procession was about to reach the Winter Palace, a large number of fierce Cossack cavalry and a large number of secret police, suddenly swarmed out from the intersections of various streets, they shot at the petitioning workers, the Cossack cavalry brandished their knives and rushed into the petitioning procession and slashed indiscriminately, the petitioners immediately became chaotic The workers fled to the nearby streets, and even the children who climbed the trees to watch the excitement became the targets of their shooting, and the blood of a large number of innocent petitioners instantly stained the frost and snow covered Hermitage Square.

"Bang bang bang", the tsar's executioners held Mosinagan rifles, and the earth-shattering gunfire, the wails of the people, the screams, the cries of pain, resounded throughout the Hermitage Square. A large number of fierce cavalrymen, expressionlessly brandishing sabers stained with the blood of the people, galloped across the country, as fierce and tyrannical as facing the enemy on the battlefield, and the sabers in the hands of these Cossack cavalrymen cut off the heads of the people, and the heads of the people rolled in front of the Hermitage Square.

The fleeing workers couldn't help but be stunned and exclaimed to the sky: "How can this be! God, how can this be! ”

Journalists and photographers from all over the world began to gather together to take pictures and photographs, lest the tsar's executioners accidentally injure themselves, and the bullets were not long-sighted, and in this era, there was no United Nations to talk about human rights or anything, and the tsarist army did not have time to destroy this evidence in the crowd of journalists, and they killed people when they saw them.

No matter what the reason, when a government's army raises a butcher's knife to the people, it no longer deserves to be supported by the people and will be spurned by the people of the world! This dictator, who is more ferocious than the wolf, the end will not be far away! This is an even more immutable truth. Thus, the Bolshevik Party organized by Lenin began to appear on the stage of Russian history, rightly organizing the workers to begin resistance and armed insurrection, and the end of Tsar Nicholas II was not far off!