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Priest Constantine Ivanovich Zolotnitsky was serving in the village of
Skachikha, Kirsanovsky uyezd, Tambov province. In July, 1929 he was
arrested for non-payment of taxes and expelled from his house with his
family. For some days they lived in the church courtyard. Then the authorities
offered him a flat. A little later the village soviet summoned him and detained
him for five hours. A crowd gather and demanded his release. They let him
go, but then arrested him again. He was condemned. Nothing more is known
about him.
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The clergyman Michael Andreyevich Derzhavin was born in 1894 in the
village of Aksel, Temnikovsky region, Mordovia. On November 4, 1929 he
was sentenced to five years in the camps in accordance with article 58-10.
Nothing more is known about him.
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The clergyman Alexis Ivanovich Yezhikov was born in 1890 in the village
of Russkiye Naimany, Mordovia, and served in the village of Parakino,
Bolsheberezinkovsky region. On November 21, 1929 he was sentenced to five
years’ imprisonment in accordance with article 58-10. Nothing more is known
about him.
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Priest Stepan Andreyevich Victorov was born in 1893 in Voronezh
province, the son of a medical assistant. In 1921 he married Raisa Dmitrievna
Maksutova, the daughter of a priest, Fr. Demetrius Ivanovich Maksutov. They
had two sons. He served in the village of Promzino, Tambov province. In
August, 1929 he was arrested and cast into the prison in the village of
Anayevo, Zubovopolyansky region, Mordovia. After the arrest of Fr. Stefan,
his family moved to the village of Podassy, where Raisa’s father served.
However, one frosty night in January, 1930, he, Raisa and the two children
were thrown out into the cold with only the clothes they were standing in. But
kind parishioners did not allow the family to perish from cold and hunger,
and hid Fr. Demetrius from the OGPU. Fr. Stepan, meanwhile was sentenced
to death and shot in the prison in Anayevo. In December, 1929, his father, not
bearing the loss of his son, also died.
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The clergyman Michael Dmitrievich Voznesensky was born in 1889 in
the village of Drakino, Torbeyevsky region, Mordovia. On December 21, 1929
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