Putilov Works
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The largest machine-building, metallurgical, and shipbuilding complex of the Russian Empire, located in St. Petersburg. Founded in 1868 when Nikolai Putilov purchased a bankrupt state foundry, it employed 12,400 workers by 1900 and rivaled Krupp and Armstrong in scale among European industrial giants. In December 1904, after four workers were fired for membership in Father Gapon's Assembly of Russian Factory Workers, the entire workforce struck; the walkout spread across the city and became the immediate trigger for Bloody Sunday (January 1905) and the Revolution of 1905.
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- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia: comprehensive history of the Putilov Works, its founding in 1868, scale (12,400 workers by 1900), and the January 1905 strike triggered by four workers' dismissal that led to Bloody Sunday.
- Wikipedia (EN) English Wikipedia: confirms the December 1904 firing of four workers at the Putilov Ironworks for Assembly membership, the plant-wide strike, and its role as the catalyst for Bloody Sunday.
- prlib.ru Presidential Library of Russia (Yeltsin): describes the stoppage of the Putilov Works as the immediate trigger for the Assembly's decision to petition the Tsar, resulting in Bloody Sunday.
- all-russia-history.ru All-Russia-History.ru: details master A. Tetyavkin's dismissal of four Putilov workers who were Assembly members, and the 12,500-worker strike that launched the citywide walkout.