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On a freezing Sunday in January 1905, a priest named Father Gapon led a peaceful march of workers to the Tsar’s Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. They carried pictures of the Tsar and sang hymns, intending to deliver a loyal petition asking for better working conditions. They were met not by their “Little Father,” the Tsar, but by soldiers with rifles. Hundreds were shot down in the snow. This event, “Bloody Sunday,” was the spark that ignited a firestorm. The 1905 Revolution was a chaotic, year-long explosion of anger that shook the foundations of the Russian Empire and forced the…