In that time period, the Russian Empire was not far from collapsing and the communists started to take root in the nation. Because of the Marxist insurrections, chaos and disorder erupted all over the nation. That, along with the disastrous Russo-Japanese War and the threat of the soon-to-come WWI, caused some people to go mad with desperation as disorder spread. Also, I know for a fact that many communists would murder the Tsar's supporters and torture them in grueling ways, displaying their mutilated bodies in public.