Why did thousands of russian citizens march on st. petersburg in 1905?

they marched to demand better working conditions, more personal freedoms, and greater representation in government.
they marched to call for an end to world war i, which had claimed the lives of many young russian men.
they marched to encourage the government to lower taxes, which had become too high for most people to pay.
they marched to bring about civil rights and to insist on suffrage for russian women.

Read the excerpt from the land. of my brothers, i was closest with robert. i suppose, in part, being the same year's children made us close, but there were other things too. we had been together practically since birth, and we always took care of each other. when i got into trouble, robert was there to pull me out of it if he could, or at least to see me through it, and i did the same for him. the passage provides evidence of why paul and robert have physical conflicts. paul and robert avoid social conflicts. paul is the least influenced by robert. paul is motivated to ask robert for .