Bobrovgrad Massacre

The Bobrovgrad Massacre was the first violent incident in the Shturmovik Revolution. Tsarist soldiers opened fire into a crowd of aggressive protesters and killed several of them, including a free robot named Semyon Antonov. Exaggerated reports began circulating online and even with right wing control of major social media sites, the Tsarist leadership was not able to contain the spread of misinformation and the situation spiraled out of control. Mass riots broke out for millions of miles around Bobrovgrad that night and the following day the Tsar gave a speech where he first described republicans and the Shturmovik Party and described them as "clowns."

Protests

Large protests were organized the day following the massacre with thousands to hundreds of thousands of people at each demonstration. Most of the protesters were dressed as clowns. Early members of the Red Army and independent armed protesters attended the demonstrations dressed as crows with full black clothing and Corvus armored masks and carried AK 30-54s.