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Mordvinian. He had a wife, three sons and two daughters. Until 1927 he
worked in the fields. In 1928 he was ordained to the priesthood and served in
his native village. On April 8, 1931 he was arrested, and on September 8 was
convicted of “participation in a counter-revolutionary religious cell of a
church-sectarian organization among the national minorities” and of
“undermining Soviet power in the village”. In accordance with articles 58-10,
58-11 and 59-2, he was sentenced to ten years in the camps. He refused to
recognize his guilt. Nothing more is known about him.
Priest Constantine Yakovlevich Rozhentsov. He was born in May, 1892 in
the village of Nolinskoye, Ufa province. Until 1930 he worked on the land. In
December, 1930 he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Habbakuk and
was sent to serve in the village of Sokolovka, Mordovo-Boklinsky region,
Orenburg province. He had a wife, four sons and two daughters. On March
23, 1931 he was arrested in Sokolovka and cast into the Domzak in Samara. In
accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and 59-2, he was sentenced to eight years
in the camps. He refused to recognize his guilt. He was sent to Bamlag in the
town of Svobodny, Far Eastern region. He asked for a conditional early
release, but was refused. Nothing more is known about him.
Priest James Makarovich Troshkov. He was born in July, 1880 in the
village of Aspayevo (Altayevo?), Buguruslan uyezd, Samara province
(Boklinsky region, Orenburg province) into a Mordvinian peasant family.
Until 1917 he went on pilgrimages to the holy paces, and was in Harbin. From
1917 to 1930 he worked in the fields. He lived with his wife, his two daughters
and his brother. In 1930 he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop
Habbakuk, and went to serve in his native village. On May 3, 1931 he was
arrested and cast into Samara Domzak. On September 8 he was sentenced in
accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and 59-2 to five years in the camps. He
refused to plead guilty. He returned to serving in his village. In 1937 he was
arrested again, and on August 31 was sentenced to death. He was then shot.
Priest Alexander Ivanovich Kislitsyn. He was born in 1897. From 1926 to
1928 he practised carpentry. In 1928 he was ordained to the priesthood by
Bishop Habbakuk, and went to serve in Sorochinski. He was a widower living
with his mother, his son and his daughter in the village of Nizhne-Chelyaevo,
Boklinsky region, Orenburg province. On April 27, 1930 he was arrested and
sentenced to eight years in the camps. On May 25, 1931 he was arrested again
in his native village and cast into Samara Domzak. On September 8 he was
sentenced in accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and 59-2 to five years in the
camps. He refused to plead guilty. Nothing more is known about him.
Priest Michael Vasilyevich Vechkilev. He was born on September 13,
1886 in the village of Naumovka, Buguruslan uyezd, Samara province into a
Mordvinian peasant family. In 1917 he became a reader in his native village.
In June, 1930 he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Habbakuk and
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