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Deacon Michael Ivanovich Golovin was born in 1871 in the village of
Lyumpanur, Sanchur uyezd, and went to Yaransk theological school. He was
disenfranchised. In the 1930s he was condemned and fined. In 1932 he was
arrested in Lyumpanur and accused of “joining a church-monarchist
organization, the True Orthodox Church” and “on the organization’s
commands, conducting counter-revolutionary work among the population”.
On August 14, 1932 he was sentenced to three years’ exile in the north.
Nothing more is known about him.
Monk Stepan (Nikolayevich Averyanov) was born in 1889 in the village of
Kosyakovo, Spassky uyezd, Kazan province. He was a monk-wanderer. In
1932 he was arrested in Sanchur region and accused of “joining the staff of a
church-monarchist organization, the True Orthodox Church” and “on the
command of the organization, carrying out counter-revolutionary work
among the population”. On August 14, 1932 he was sentenced to three years’
exile and sent to the north. After his release he returned to his homeland. In
the summer of 1941 he was arrested, and on August 1 he was sentenced to
death and shot.
Monk Basil (Vasilyevich Zharekhin) was born in 1893 in the village of
Maloye Kurino, Sanchur uyezd. He was disenfranchised. He was a wanderer.
In 1932 he was arrested in the Sanchur region and accused of “joining the staff
of the church-monarchist organization, the True Orthodox Church” and of
“conducting counter-revolutionary work in the population on the orders of
the organization”. On August 14 he was sentenced to three years’ exile and
sent to the north. Nothing more is known about him.
Nun Xenia (Ignatyevna Lapteva) was born in 1896 in the village of Maloye,
Sharygino, Kiknur uyezd. She was disenfranchised. In 1932 she was arrested
in her native village and accused of “joining the staff of a church-monarchist
organization, the True Orthodox Church” and “on the command of the
organization, carrying out counter-revolutionary work among the
population”. On August 14, 1932 she was sentenced to three years’ exile and
sent to Kazakhstan. Nothing more is known about her.
Reader Gregory Alexandrovich Kreknin was born in 1876 in the village of
Verkhne-Vondanskoye, Darovsk uyezd. He was disenfranchised. In 1931 he
was arrested and sentenced to three months’ forced labour. In 1932 he was
arrested in his native village and accused of “joining the staff of the churchmonarchist
organization, the True Orthodox Church” and of “conducting
counter-revolutionary work in the population on the orders of the
organization”. On August 14 he was sentenced to three years’ exile and sent
to the north. Nothing more is known about him.
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