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was sentenced to twenty-five years in the camps. On January 13, 1955 he was
released from camp and his case was shelved. Nothing more is known about
him.
Stepan Stepanovich Stepanov was born in 1926 in the village of
Chelkassy, Cheboksary region, Chuvashia into a peasant family, and finished
three classes at primary school. In February, 1945 he went to Cheboksary, and
then, in February, 1946, to the village of Azino, Stolbischensk region, before
departing in the summer to Kazan on the instructions of an illegal priest from
Chuvashia. He was without fixed occupation or domicile. In 1947 he was
arrested, and accused that: “he took an active part in anti-Soviet activity,
recruiting new people, and was a messenger between the Kazan group and
the illegal Priest Alexis Kornilov in Chuvashia”. He was sentenced to eight
years in the camps. On January 13, 1955 he was released and his case
quashed. Nothing more is known about him.
Basil Stepanovich Denisov was born in 1905 in the village of Don-
Izbische, Lebedyan uyezd, Ryazan province into a peasant family, and
received an elementary education. Before the war he was arrested and
sentenced in accordance with articles 58-20 and 58-11. He was sent for
compulsory treatment to a psychiatric hospital in Kazan. After being released
he remained to live in the hospital. At the beginning of 1946 he headed a
group of True Orthodox Christians in the city and province. In May, 1947 he
was arrested for being “a leader of the anti-Soviet organization of churchmen,
the True Orthodox Church”, and was accused that: “on the basis of his hostile
attitude to Soviet power over a series of years he has conducted anti-Soviet
work directed against the Communist Party and the Soviet government. He
has occupied himself with the recruitment of new people.” He was sentenced
to twenty-five years in the camps. On January 13, 1955 his sentence was
reduced to ten years.
Gregory Sergeyevich Denisov was born in 1928 in the village of Don-
Izbische, Lebedyan uyezd, Ryazan province into a peasant family, and
received an elementary education. Before the war he was arrested “for
participation in the anti-Soviet organization, ‘Brothers in Christ’”. He was
without fixed domicile or occupation. In 1943 he joined a group of churchmen
led by his father, Sergius Denisov. In January, 1947 he visited an illegal priest
in the village of Tarkhan-Kasy, Kozlov region, Chuvashia. He was arrested,
and on July 5, 1947 was accused that: “he took an active part in the activity of
the anti-Soviet organization of churchmen, the True Orthodox Church,
carrying out the role of propagandist-agitator and distributing letters from his
father who was imprisoned in a camp.” He was sentenced to eight years in
the camps and was sent to Glazovlag. In 1948 he was transferred to
Vorkutlag, from where he was released on January 13, 1955 and his case
shelved. He lived in Mari ASSR. In the 1990s he moved to his daughter in
Minvody. Nothing more is known about him.
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