Georgy Gapon was an
Orthodox Russian priest who led a group that marched on the Tsar’s palace in
St. Petersburg, Russia in 1905 to ask for a reduced working day, fair wages,
and improved working conditions, among other things…Gapon and his group were
fired on by the Tsar’s troops and many were killed and injured in an event that
was later known as ‘Bloody Sunday’…Gapon himself, escaped and fled Russia
before returning…he had developed a relationship over the years with the
Okhrana and he soon revealed to a comrade his contacts with the police and
tried to recruit him thinking that double loyalty is helpful to the workers'
cause…However, his comrade reported this provocation to party leaders. The
party leaders were unhappy with his role as a police informer and he was later murdered
by members of Socialist Revolutionary Party in April of 1906.
