THE NIKOLAEV BAPTIST GROUP: UNKNOWN PAGES OF THE CONFESSIONAL HISTORY OF THE BASSR

Alexandrov A. P.

The article examines the history of a little-known Baptist community located on the territory of the Nikolaevsky village Council of the Arkhangelsk region of the BASSR. On the basis of record-keeping sources (criminal investigation documentation), biographical data of the leadership, pages of inner-church life, as well as repressions against church ministers are traced. The conclusion is made about the tragic role of repression against the community, which eventually led to the disappearance of the community from the confessional map of the region.

Keywords:Christianity, repression, Evangelical Christians, Baptists, denomination, region, Soviet state