In the spirit of Воскресенье, Russian for Sunday and a literal transition meaning ‘the day Christ was raised’, an Orthodox priest with the zeal of imperial Russia in its entirety had something to say to the Tsar. Father It was January 22nd, 1905, and Georgy Apollonovich Gapon was ‘the man with the plan’ to free…
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Same Song, Different Singer
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•Like many other revolutions the Revolution of 1905 had much build up towards it. One contributing event in particular was a day in January of 1905 known as Bloody Sunday. On that day, a protest led by a priest named Father Gregorii Gapon was violently put down by Russia soldiers outside of the Winter Palace …
Father Gapon Arrested!
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•The soul of the Revolution has been taken into custody! Read all about it! Father Gapon was a man of the people in Russia during the Revolution of 1905. In fact, it was a well-known fact that the working class loved him. In the New York Times article from January 21, 1905 entitled Czar Menaced By Revolution, …