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being “a participant in a counter-revolutionary group of True Orthodox
churchmen”, and on August 7 was sentenced to ten years in the camps. On
August 19 he was sent to a camp. Nothing more is known about him.
Ivan Emelyanovich Rogozhin was born in 1867 in the village of Puyalka,
Orshansk uyezd, where he lived as a free peasant. He owned a creamery, for
which he was disenfranchised. In October, 1929 he was arrested for being “a
participant in a counter-revolutionary group of clergy and believers, the
followers of Bishop Victor (Ostrovidov)”, and on January 13, 1930 was
sentenced to three years’ exile and sent to Arkhangelsk. Nothing more is
known about him.
Theodore Antonovich Vasenev was born in 1882 in the village of
Pizhanka, Orshansk uyezd, where he lived as a free peasant. In October, 1929
he was arrested for being “a participant in a counter-revolutionary group of
clergy and believers, followers of Bishop Victor (Ostrovidov)”, and on
January 13, 1930 was sentenced to six months in prison, and was released. On
January 21, 1935 he was arrested again and sentenced to five years’ exile and
sent to the north. Nothing more is known about him.
Ivan Mikhailovich Shabalin was born in 1870 in the village of Yershi,
Sernur uyezd, where he lived as a free peasant and a member of the church
council. On December 12, 1929 he was arrested for being “a participant in a
counter-revolutionary group of clergy and believers attached to the
‘Victorites’”, and on February 27, 1930 was sentenced to two years in the
camps conditionally. He was released. On March 22, 1939 he was arrested
again and sentenced to eight years in the camps and sent to a camp. Nothing
more is known about him.
Alexis Ivanovich Otmakhov was born in 1862 in the village of
Yelembayevo, Novotoryalsk uyezd, Nizhegorod province into a peasant
family, and received an elementary education. He was a free peasant and a
member of the church council. On December 14, 1929 he was arrested for
being “a participant in the counter-revolutionary monarchist organization, the
‘Victorites’”, and on February 19, 1930 was sentenced to five years in the
camps and sent to a camp. Nothing more is known about him.
Praskovya Gerasimovna Protasova was born in 1881 in the village of
Gusevo, Orshansk uyezd, where she lived as a housewife. In October, 1929
she was arrested for being “a participant in a counter-revolutionary group of
clergy and believers, the followers of Bishop Victor (Ostrovidov)”. On
January 13, 1930 she was sentenced to three years’ exile and sent to
Arkhangelsk. Nothing more is known about her.
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