Georgy Gapon
Georgy Gapon | |
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Георгий Гапон | |
| Born | Georgy Apollonovich Gapon 17 February 1870 Bilyky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 April 1906 (aged 36) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
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| Spouse | Vera (died c. 1898) |
| Religion | Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
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Georgy Apollonovich Gapon (17 February [O.S. 5 February] 1870 –10 April [O.S. 28 March] 1906) was a Russian Orthodox priest of Ukrainian descent and a popular working-class leader before the 1905 Russian Revolution. 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.