There's no need to say more about the police, who, like the workers, were suffering from the high prices in Saint Petersburg, and their discontent with the government was only natural.
After Saint Petersburg was put under martial law, a large number of protesters were immediately scared away.
Keep in mind that martial law would not be imposed in Saint Petersburg without particularly important and urgent reasons.
As the capital of the empire, each time Saint Petersburg was under martial law, it also meant that there would be bloodshed in the city.
The workers only wanted to fight for their rights, not to sacrifice their lives for those capitalists.
After Nicholas II's fury, a large number of protesters were scared away.
After most of the blindly following workers were scared away, what remained were largely workers bought off by capitalists or drawn in by political parties.
