USSR

CA CMBS NP149-1-7692
Item
1978

This photo is of a destroyed evangelical church in Kischinew. The church was destroyed by the Soviet military.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7705
Item
1978

This photo is of Christians from Kischinew setting up a meeting tent. The Soviet military had dismantled their meeting place several times before this.

Christians setting up a meeting tent.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7704
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of Christians from Kischinew setting up a meeting tent. The Soviet military had dismantled their meeting place several times before this.

Christians setting up a meeting tent.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7706
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of Christians from Kischinew setting up a meeting tent. The Soviet military had dismantled their meeting place several times before this.

Galina Rytikova close-up.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7703
Item
[1978?]

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is a close-up of Galina Rytikova, a Christian women that faced religious persecution from the Soviets and was stuck in a psychiatric institute as a result of her faith.

Gathered under a destroyed building.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7697
Item
[1978?]

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a group of Christians gathered for an outdoor service of the Baptist church in Tashkent [the church was likely destroyed by the Soviet military?].

Grigori Kostjutschenko portrait.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7699
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is a portrait of Grigori Kostjutschenko shortly after he was released from prison [Kostjutschenko was arrested by the Soviets for religious purposes?].

Loading prisoners on to a bus.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7712
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of Soviet police loading religious prisoners on to a bus. The police shut down a Baptist church service in Dedowsk.

Meeting house.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7694
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a meeting house [used by the evangelical church in Kischinew after the church's building was destroyed by the Soviet military?].

Police move in to arrest Christians.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7708
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of the Soviet police moving in to arrest Christians during a meeting of the Baptist church in Dedowsk.

Police move in to arrest Christians.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7709
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of the Soviet police moving in to arrest Christians during a meeting of the Baptist church in Dedowsk.

Religious prisoners in a police bus.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7707
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a Soviet police bus used to arrest religious prisoners. On this occasion, the police shut down a service of the Baptist church in Dedowsk and arrested some of the Christians there. These Christians were likely imprisoned for 7 to 15 days.

Setting up a tent.

CA CMBS NP149-1-7693
Item
1978

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a man setting up a meeting tent [for the evangelical church in Kischinew, this, after the church's building was destroyed by the Soviet military?].

Soviet police arrest Christians.