The Unrest in 19o

No stronger commitment to authoritarian rule by any romanov could have stemmed the rising tide. Nicholas did give the order to crack down on the strikes, targeting and killing revolutionary dissenters. When the crowd arrived at the palace, the infantry opened fire and the vary charged. It was a massacre. Over one thousand of the marchers were killed, and two thousand were left screaming in the street. In the end, he decide to insult god and save his throne. But even he couldn't quite admit it.