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May 30, 1922 he was arrested and condemned for “anti-Soviet agitation”, and
sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. On December 28 a tribunal released
him because of mental illness.
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Abbess (?) Julia (Alexandrovna Lavrovskaya) was born in 1864 in Vyatka.
She was the superior of the St. Tryphon monastery and president of the St.
Tryphon religious community. On August 22, 1923 she was arrested by the
NKVD and on December 14 was sentenced to three years’ exile in Zyryansk
region for “resistance to the handover of the property of the St. Tryphon
monastery” to the Bolsheviks.
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Priest Nicholas Ivanovich Lyubimov served in the village of Savali,
Vyatka province. In October, 1920 he was arrested in the church after the
liturgy. He was taken away without being allowed to say goodbye to his
family. A few days later, without being tried, he was shot. His wife was not
allowed to bury him. In 1925 she died of hunger and cold, leaving five
children orphans.
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Archimandrite Vladimir Nikolayevich Pusset was born in 1895 in
Artinsky factory, Artinsky region, Sverdlovsk province. He was serving in the
St. Seraphim church in Vyatka when, on November 13, 1925, he was
sentenced in accordance with articles 69, 121 and 122 to three years’ exile to
Zyryansk region. Nothing more is known about him.
Archimandrite Herman (Antonovich Rykov) was born in 1871 in the
village of Makanetskaya, Orlovsky uyezd, Perm province. He was abbot of
the Bolychkin monastery in Nolinsk uyezd. In the summer of 1925 he was
arrested, and on November 13 was sentenced to three years’ exile and sent to
Zyryansk district. Nothing more is known about him.
Igumen Bartholomew (Ivanovich Poptsov) was born in 1860 in the city of
Sovyetsk, Vyatka province, and was serving in the city of Orlov. On
November 13, 1925 he was arrested by the OGPU and condemned in
accordance with articles 69 and 121 to three years’ exile to Zyryansk region.
Monk Hilarion (Ivanovich Melnikov) was born in 1874 in the village of
Skorodskoye, Tula province, and struggled in the Bolyachinsky monastery in
the village of Bolyachkinskaya, Nolinsk uyezd, Sunskaya volost, Vyatka
province. In the summer of 1925 he was arrested, and on November 13 in
accordance with articles 69 and 121 he was sentenced to three years’ exile and
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