Grigory Vakulenchuk

He became a member of a sailor patrol in Sevastopol so he could monitor radical meetings while pretending to bring them to light.

[2] On 10/23 June 1905, he had attended a meeting of Tsentralka (the revolutionary sailors' organisation) and had argued in favour of an uprising: "To delay means to fail the revolution.

[citation needed] On 11/24 June he convinced the Tsentralka leaders to let the Potemkin lead the Black Sea uprising.

[citation needed] The red flag the sailors hoisted had been hidden on board by Vakulenchuk.

"[5] His death and funeral are important incidents in Sergei Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin, where he was played by Aleksandr Antonov.