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Repeat After Me:
1. The Tsar wasn't even in Saint Petersburg during at the time.
2. He never gave orders to fire on the marchers.
3. That was done independently by the garrison of the Winter Palace.
True, but given that the Tsar was deemed to be all powerful by many of those marching, those on the ground would not believe that troops would act without orders from Nicholas II.
Not sure if the discussion between Witte & Nicholas set in the film Nicholas & Alexandra after Bloody Sunday actually took place, but when the Tsar was asked if he would have met the protesters or given in to their requests / demands, he said of course not.