Georgy Gapon
Russian Orthodox priest (1870–1906) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Apollonovich and the family name is Gapon.
Georgy Apollonovich Gapon[lower-alpha 1] (17 February [O.S. 5 February] 1870 –10 April [O.S. 28 March] 1906) was a Russian Orthodox priest and a popular working-class leader before the 1905 Russian Revolution. After he was discovered to be a police informant, Gapon was murdered by members of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Father Gapon is mainly remembered as the leader of peaceful crowds of protesters on Bloody Sunday, when hundreds of them were killed by firing squads of the Imperial Russian Army.
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Georgy Gapon | |
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Гео́ргий Аполло́нович Гапо́н | |
Born | Georgy Apollonovich Gapon (1870-02-17)17 February 1870 Bilyky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 10 April 1906(1906-04-10) (aged 36) |
Cause of death | Assassination |
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Spouse | Vera[1] (died c. 1898) |
Religion | Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) |
Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
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