Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary is a rhyme that you may remember since you were little and at that time, it sounded very pretty indeed, filled with gardens and dolls and sea-shells. Not so much though, after you’ve heard the true interpretation of this nursery rhyme!

In WW1 there was many upsetting and bloody battles and I will tell about the most ruthless of them all.

The death toll of the shooting and crowd stampede ranged from 90 (the official figure) and 4,000 (Gapon’s estimate). Most historians believe around 1,000 died. The slaughter caused outrage, transforming the strike wave into the 1905 revolution. It also discredited the Tsar’s rule and increased hatred of the regime.

A brief account on a bloody battle.

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