Gapon

We know only one thing about the man who entered the history of Russia under the name "Father Gapon": on January 9, 1905, he led the workers of St. Petersburg to the Winter Palace to present a petition to the Tsar regarding the needs of the proletariat. The peaceful march was shot at in the streets of Petersburg — and from that day, known as "Bloody Sunday," the first Russian revolution began. In subsequent history textbooks, Georgy Gapon was referred to only as a provocateur. . . But how and why did this man, who walked in the very front row of the demonstrators and narrowly escaped a bullet, manage to bring 150 thousand people to the streets of the capital who sincerely trusted him? What was the power of his appeal, why did the Petersburg proletarians believe in him? The author of the biographical book attempts to figure out who "Father Gapon" really was, telling the story of how the tragic fate of this extraordinary man unfolded, as he found himself at the very center of the struggle of various political forces, at the very edge of almost forgotten events of the early 20th century. . .