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Protopriest Paul Marsov. He was born in 1863 and was exiled to
Kazakhstan. Nothing more is known about him.
Protopriest Eugene Alexandrovich Urbansky. He had three small children.
He was exiled to the village of Kindal, Kargasoksky region, Tomsk province
(Narym region). Nothing more is known about him.
Priest Constantine Antonov. He had three small children. He was
sentenced to three years’ exile in Siberia. Nothing more is known about him.
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Priest Ivan Semyonovich Frolov was born into a peasant family. In the
1920s he served in the Red Army. He served as a reader, then deacon and then
priest in various places in Chelyabinsk province. His last place of service was
Chelyabinsk. He was married to Tatyana and had two children. Fr. John
defended his church from the renovationists, and was arrested on June 19,
1927 through their denunciation: “He conducted conversations with other
people to the effect that in Zlatoust the workers were armed with axes and
would not give away their church to the renovationists. He said that we
should not give away our old-church church. He organized an illegal meeting
of the clergy of the church for this reason.” In November, 1927 he was
convicted of “counter-revolutionary activity” and sentenced to three years’
exile in Siberia in accordance with article 58-14. He was exiled to the village of
Shaguli in Irbit district. Nothing more is known about him.
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Priest Alexander Arsenyevich Chernyshev was frequently arrested and
released in the period 1923 to 1925. He was arrested again in March, 1927 in
the town of Troitsko-Savsk, Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Republic, where he
served, because of his opposition to the renovationists. He was cast into
prison in Chelyabinsk, and on January 18, 1929 was sentenced to three years’
exile to the Urals in accordance with articles 58-14 and 58-18. On October 18,
1929 he wrote a letter to the Political Red Cross. Nothing more is known
about him.
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Priest Victor and Deacon Paul Zhernikov served in the village of
Petrovskoye, Saraktashsky region, Orenburg province. Fr. Victor was married
to Natalya and had three children. When Fr. Victor came to the parish it was
in a dilapidated state. But he worked hard and brought it to a good condition.
Armed Red Army soldiers surrounded the church and committed sacrilege.
They first towards the frightened crowd, over their heads, and said:
“antonym who comes close to the church – a bullet in his head!” Fr. Victor
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