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Priest Gregory Kondratyevich Denisov was born in 1872 in Pletnev-
Shiryaevsky khutor, Staro-Grigoryevskaya stanitsa, Second Don district. He
was a Russian Cossack. On September 3, 1930 he was arrested in
Kumylzhensky region, Stalingrad province, and on November 3 was
sentenced to death. He was shot on November 20, 1930.
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Priest Gabriel Vasilyevich Zakharov was born in 1895 in the village of
Mordovsky Shmalak, Khvalynsk region, Saratov province, and served in the
villages of Kizyatovka and Novaya Lopasteika, Saratov province. On October
9, 1930 he was arrested for “anti-Soviet agitation among the believers”,
although the real reason was that he refused to renounce God. After this the
church in the village was destroyed. On December 9, 1930 Fr. Gabriel was
condemned to death. And on December 13 he was shot in Saratov.
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Priest Alexander Ivanovich Kipersky was born in 1886 in the city of
Khvalinsk, Saratov province, and served in the village of Sergeyevka,
Samoilovsky region, Saratov province. On November 16, 1930 he was arrested
in Balandinsky region and accused of creating a kulak-clerical grouping,
undermining enterprises in the village and spreading provocative rumours.
On December 14 he was sentenced to death, and on December 19 he was shot.
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Protopriest Matthew Ivanovich Karmanov was born in 1859 in Petrovsk,
Petrovsky uyezd, Saratov province, and served in the cathedral in Khvalynsk,
Saratov province. In 1922 he joined the “Living Church”, but quickly repented.
On August 30, 1929 he was arrested for “anti-Soviet agitation”, and on
December 12 was shot in Volsk.
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Priest Gregory Vasilyevich Zamkov was born in 1893 in Samara district,
and served in Voskresensky region, Saratov province. On October 7, 1930 he
was arrested for “anti-Soviet agitation”, and on February 26, 1931 was
sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Nothing more is known about him.
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Priest Demetrius Konstantinovich Klyucharev was born in 1891 in Penza
province, and served in the city of Volsk. On December 12, 1930 he was
arrested in the Voskresensky region of Saratov province for “anti-Soviet
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