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by steamboat to Smylovka quay, from where she walked to Yelantovo in
August. She went into hiding in Yamashi, Sheremetyevo, Novo-Sheshmino
and Chistopol regions, living mainly with Pelagia Kionova, who acquainted
her with members of her group. Her daughter visited her by night. In the
summer of 1946 she joined the group of True Orthodox Christians led by
Hieromonk Philaret. She went to secret festal services at holy springs near
Sheremetyevo, Yusupkino, Bilyarsk and Yelantovo forest, and also in houses
in the villages of Kuzaikino, Maly Batras and Yusupkino. On August 30, 1948
she was arrested, but refused to sign the protocols of the interrogations. She
was accused that: “being a participant in an illegal anti-Soviet organization,
the True Orthodox Church, she conducted anti-Soviet activity, opposing the
enterprises of the Communist Party and the Soviet government. She often
took part in illegal meetings of participants in the organization, where under
the cover of religious rites anti-Soviet activity was discussed.” On November
22, 1948 she was sentenced to twenty-five years in the camps with
disenfranchisement for five years. On October 16, 1949 she was taken under
convoy to Sevvostlag (Magadan). Nothing more is known about her.
Yegor Fyodorovich Plekhanov was born in 1885 in the village of
Yelantovo, Sheremetyevo uyezd into a peasant family, and received an
elementary education. A free peasant, on July 23, 1935 he was arrested in a
group church case, and on February 14, 1936 was sentenced to four years in
the camps. Nothing more is known about him.
Timothy Kharitonovich Plekhanov was born in 1888 in the village of
Yelantovo, Sheremetyevo uyezd into a peasant family, and received an
elementary education. A free peasant, in 1934 he was arrested for hoarding
and speculation in bread and was sentenced to eighteen months in the camps.
He was released after eight months. On May 21, 1935 he was arrested in a
group church case, and on February 14, 1936 was sentenced to ten years in the
camps. Nothing more is known about him.
Theodore Fyodorovich Plekhanov was born in 1897 in the village of
Yelantovo, Sheremetyevo uyezd into a peasant family, and received an
elementary education. A free peasant, after dekulakization he had no fixed
occupation. In July, 1935 he was arrested in a group church case, and on
February 14, 1936 was sentenced to seven years in the camps. He was sent to
Temlag, where he refused to work, and in 1939 was arrested for sabotage and
sentenced to ten years in the camps. He remained in the same camp, from
which he was released on September 16, 1948. On May 16, 1949 he was
arrested again for belonging to “an anti-Soviet sectarian organization”, and on
August 17 he was sentenced to a termless exile in Kazakhstan. He was sent to
Petropavlovsk. Nothing more is known about him.
Vassa Fyodorovna Plekhanova was born in 1901 in the village of
Yelantovo, Sheremetyevo uyezd into a peasant family, and received an
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