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cast into Orenburg Domzak. He was sentenced in accordance with articles 58-
10, 58-11 and 59-7 to ten years in the camps. Nothing more is known about
him.
Metrophanes Vasilyevich Tonkikh. He was born in 1880 in the village of
Zobovo, Sharlyksky region. He was married with a son and two daughters.
On October 29, 1930 he was arrested and cast into the Domzak in Orenburg.
He was accused of being “a member of a counter-revolutionary organization,
‘The Trues’, participating in illegal meetings, trying to tear down the portrait
of Lenin and threatening the communists”. In accordance with articles 58-10,
58-11 and 59-7, he was sentenced to death. The sentence was carried out on
April 5, 1931 at 4.25 a.m.
Tryphon Efimovich Nesterenko. He was born in 1889 in the village of
Pokrovka, Kuibyshev province into a peasant family. On January 1, 1931 he
was arrested in Samara and cast into the Samara DPZ. He was convicted by
the OGPU of “participation in the counter-revolutionary church organization,
‘The Trues [True Orthodox Christians?]’, was a member of the Samaran cell of
the organization, and participated in illegal gatherings”. In accordance with
articles 58-10 and 58-11, he was sentenced to five years in the camps. On
returning from exile in 1937, he worked as a carpenter in Kuibyshev. He was
arrested on a Church-related charge and shot towards the end of the 1930s.
Basil Mironovich Tikhonov. He was born in 1882 in the village of
Belozerki, Kashirinsky region. He took part in the First World War. He was
married. In 1930 he was arrested with his brother, Monk Andrew, and cast
into Orenburg Domzak. However, he was released under guard. Nothing
more is known about him.
Nicetas Yermolayevich Tikhonov. He was born in 1866 in Novo-Spassk,
Pokrovsky region into a peasant family. He was married with two daughters.
On December 8, 1930 he was arrested and cast into Orenburg Domzak. He was
sentenced to five years in the camps, commuted to exile to the north for the
same period. Nothing more is known about him.
Ivan Efimovich Boriskin. He was born on January 11, 1886 in the village of
Bogorodskoye, Sharlyksky region. He had a wife (born 1895), four sons and a
daughter. On November 10, 1930 he was arrested, and on January 13, 1931 was
cast into Orenburg Domzak. 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.
James Nikiforovich Borodin. He was born in October, 1896 in the village of
Putyatino, Sharlyksky region. He had a wife (born 1896) and three sons. On
October 29, 1930 he was arrested and cast into Orenburg Domzak. He was
convicted of being “a member of the counter-revolutionary organization, ‘The
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