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beginning of 1937 he was arrested in Yaransk region, and on May 7 was
sentenced to death. On October 14 he was shot.
Priest Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev was born in 1885 in the village of
Korba, Semynovsky uyezd, Ivanovo province, and went to a theological
seminary. A priest of “Victorite” orientation, he served in the village of
Ilyinskoye, Makaryevo region. In 1929 he was arrested for “counterrevolutionary
activity” and was sentenced to five years in the camps and sent
to a camp. In 1934, after his release, he returned to Vyatka province. In the
summer of 1937 he was arrested for being “a participant in the counterrevolutionary
organization of churchpeople, ‘the True Orthodox Church’”,
and on September 29 was sentenced to death. He was shot on October 13.
Priest Alexander Timofeyevich Shilnikov was born in 1882 in the
settlement of Kirs, Omutnino uyezd, Vyatka province into a peasant family,
and served in the village of Yelevo, Belokholunitsky region. In 1930 he was
arrested and sentenced to three years’ exile and sent to the north. In the
summer of 1937 he was arrested for being “a participant in the counterrevolutionary
organization of churchpeople, ‘the True Orthodox Church’”,
and on September 29 was sentenced to death. He was shot on October 14.
Priest Michael Alexeyevich Yuferev was born in 1882 in the village of
Nemy, Nemy uyezd, Vyatka province into a clerical family. He lived in the
village of Nikulitskoye, while serving in the village of Uspenskoye, Slobodsky
region. In 1929 he was arrested, and on February 3, 1930 was sentenced to five
years in the camps and sent to a camp. In 1934 he was released and returned
to Nikulitskoye. In the summer of 1937 he was arrested for being “a
participant in the counter-revolutionary organization of churchpeople, ‘the
True Orthodox Church’”, and on September 29 was sentenced to death. He
was shot on October 14.
Priest Peter Alexandrovich Obraztsov was born in 1888 in the village of
Katroma, Vologda province (or Mityukovo pogost, Kadnikovo uyezd,
Vologda province) into a clergy family, and went to theological seminary and
Kazan Theological Academy. He became rector of the Trinity cathedral in
Kotelnich. On June 10, 1921 he was sentenced to five years in the camps. In
January, 1928 he was persuaded by Priest Peter Teplyashin to join Bishop
Victor together with his parish council. The other priest of the cathedral, Fr.
Nicholas Kurbanovsky, also commemorated Bishop Victor. Nothing more is
known about him. In 1931 he was arrested, and on June 10 was sentenced to
five years in the camps and sent to a camp. In 1936 he was released and
returned to the village of Topovo, serving in the village of Fedoseyevskoye,
Svechin region. In the summer of 1937 he was arrested for being “a
participant in the counter-revolutionary organization of churchpeople, ‘the
True Orthodox Church’”, and on September 29 was sentenced to death. He
was shot on October 14.
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