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Philip Andreyevich Trushkin. He was born in August, 1894 in the Second
Saratov settlement, Sharlyksky region into a peasant family. He went to a
village school, and served in the tsarist army as a private. When the Whites
retreated in 1919 he joined their ranks as a volunteer, but returned in 1920. In
March, 1930 he was accused of “not bringing out bread”, and sentenced in
accordance with article 61 to confiscation of one horse, one cow, five cubs and
eight sheep. On November 3 he was arrested and cast into Orenburg Domzak.
He was convicted of being “a member of the counter-revolutionary
organization, ‘The Trues’” and of “conducting anti-collective farm agitation”.
In accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and 59-7, he was sentenced to five
years in the camps. Nothing more is known about him.
Stepan Grigoryevich Gerasimov. He was born in August, 1901 in the
village of Second Novo-Nikolskoye, Pokrovsky region. His father was
dekulakized and exiled to Perm province. He was married and had three
children. On January 11, 1931 he was arrested and cast into Orenburg
Domzak. On March 26 he was convicted of “being a member of a counterrevolutionary
organization, ‘The Trues’” and of “participating in meetings
with the cell-leader Vinogradov”. In accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and
59-7, he was sentenced to five years in the camps. Nothing more is known
about him.
Prochorus Ivlievich Kharin. He was born in July, 1885 in the village of
Korem, Orenburg uyezd into a peasant family. He served in the army as a
private until 1918. He was married to Tatyana, and had two sons and two
daughters. He was dekulakized in 1930. On January 13, 1931 he was arrested
in the village of Novo-Petrovka, Petrovsky region and cast into Orenburg
Domzak. On March 26, 1931 was sentenced to five years in the camps in
accordance with articles 58-10, 58-11 and 59-7. Nothing more is known about
him.
Nicholas Fyodorovich Kharchenko. He was born in December, 1887 in the
village of Belovodskoye, Sumsky uyezd, Kharkov province into a Ukrainian
peasant family. He went to a church-parish school in Sukhomlinovka. From
1914 to 1918 he served in the army as a private. He was married to Anna, and
had four sons and a daughter. On January 18, 1931 he was arrested in
Kashirinsky region, and cast into Orenburg Domzak. On March 26, 1931 he
was sentenced to five years in the camps in accordance with articles 58-10, 58-
11 and 59-7. Nothing more is known about him.
Averyan Dmitrievich Chernetsov. He was born in 1883 in the village of
Mikhailovka, Kashirinsky region, Orenburg district into a peasant family. He
went to a village school and was engaged in arable farming. He went on a
pilgrimage with Emelyan Profiryevich Efremov to Jerusalem and Mount
Athos. In December, 1918 he went on missionary courses, but did not finish
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