Pop Gapon: a priest who participated in the bloody revolution of 1917

The impetus for the beginning of the first revolution in the history of Russia in 1905 was the activity of priest Georgy Gapon. However, his public activity began before the well-known events.He was a man who combined both a church preacher and a political demagogue in his work. This is what made him popular among the workers of St. Petersburg, and his activities went down in history as "gapovshchina."During this period, "Zubatovism" was popular in Moscow - the ideas of state control over the labor movement, which were expressed by the head of the Moscow Okhrana, S. Zubatov. The article describes the main characteristics of "gapovism" as a socio-political phenomenon of the early twentieth century, as well as a comparison with "Zubatovism".Views and activities of G.Gapon At the beginning of the twentieth century, the dissatisfaction of the working class with its socio-economic situation grew in the Russian Empire. There were a lot of projects to solve their problems: from a revolutionary one, which was proposed by some political parties, to an attempt to create state committees capable of taking the labor movement under their control.In 1904, in St. Petersburg, the local priest Gapon organized a "Meeting of Russian factory workers." The charter of this organization was approved by the Government, which indicated attempts to cooperate with the labor movement. Georgy Gapon combined church sermons and propaganda of some ideas of socialism in his speeches.According to government officials, the combination of religiosity and socialism was supposed to promote peaceful forms of protest, as well as strengthen the faith of the population in the "good king."In 1905, there were already 11 branches of the Gapon society in St. Petersburg, which numbered more than 10,000 participants. However, the initial cooperation with government agencies meant government assistance in solving workers' problems, and not just in creating an organization. As a result, the priest-politician Gapon found himself in a difficult situation.He had to either abandon the labor movement and not lose the trust of the state, or fight for the interests of the workers, but come into conflict with the regime. On January 9, 1905, he led a demonstration at the Winter Palace, which marked the beginning of the first revolution in the history of Russia.The fate of the priest and socialist Gapon is rather ambiguous. During the revolution, he traveled to Europe, where he was sponsored by various socialists. He talked about Russia, even got published, and also spent some of his money on various festivities.Later, he returned to Russia and finally became a double agent: among the Social Revolutionaries, he was famous as an active socialist, and he reported to the Okhrana about what was happening in the party. But one day he announced this to his friend, offering to find out more information in exchange for money. A comrade played a double game of Gapon to fellow party members, who seized Gapon and lynched him.Comparison of "Zubatovism" and "Gapovism"Since at the beginning of the twentieth century in two large cities of Russia, St. Petersburg and Moscow, there were two currents simultaneously associated with the labor movement, it is logical to compare Zubatovism and Gapovism:1. The nature of the activity itself is common: lectures and communication with workers, the creation of organizations under the care of the state. This is explained by the common goal of "Zubatovism" and "gapovism": control over the labor movement in the country.2. The personal goals of the leaders differ from each other. Thus, Zubatov, the head of the Moscow Okhrana, acted for state security purposes. Georgy Gapon, although he was a priest, had great political ambitions and a desire to gain power.This is evidenced by his lectures and sermons, in which, by the way, he showed himself as a person who did not really understand the political situation, for example, he often confused parties and their views.3. There are also different views on the existing regime in Russia. S. Zubatov was a supporter of the emperor, a man for whom the preservation of autocracy was a priority. This is evidenced by the rejection of his idea after the state ban.Gapon, on the contrary, as subsequent events showed, sought to participate in a speech against the emperor. This difference was especially evident during the beginning of the first Russian revolution. Watch USA online porn https://mat6tube.com teens, milfs, matures!