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The Siege of Sidney StreetAfter the 1905 Revolution, Latvian revolutioners found refuge in London and got involved in criminal action to keep on supporting revolutioner movement against Tsarist regime. The siege marked the first time that the police had requested military assistance in London to deal with an armed stand-off. It was also the first siege in Britain to be caught on camera. |
 Sidney Street
|  The Siege of Sidney Street Photo: Wikimedia Commons |
 Peter the Painter, one of the revolutionaires Photo: Wikimedia Commons |  Then Home Secretary, Winston Churchill at the siege Photo: Wikimedia Commons |
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