Siberian Seven Explained

The Siberian Seven refers to seven out of twentynine members of two families of persecuted Pentecostals in the Soviet Union who took up residency at the US embassy in Moscow in June 1978.^{[1] [2]} These seven members represented the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families, both originally from Chernogorsk, Siberia.^[3] The seven stayed at the embassy for five years, from June 1978 to June 1983,^[4] before all twentynine members were allowed to leave to Israel on a tourist visa. Sixteen members of the families eventually settled in the United States.^[5]

See also

• List of people who took refuge in a diplomatic mission

External links

• Siberian Seven Collection, 1978-1989 Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections

Notes and References

1. Merry. E. Wayne. Charles Stuart Kennedy . Moscow, USSR—Consular/Political (Internal) Officer 1980-1983: Siberian Seven . Foreign Affairs Oral History Project . 2010 . . PDF . 102-104. Charles Stuart Kennedy .
2. Lubow. Arthur. 18 July 1983. At Last, the Promised Land. People Magazine. 29 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013252/http://people.com/archive/at-last-the-promised-land-vol-20-no-3/. 29 October 2017. dead.
3. Siberian Seven. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 2873 and S. 312 . 16 December 1982 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en. 3.
4. News: Ned Temko. Siberian seven' begin 4th year as 'guests' of US Embassy in Moscow. 27 April 2016. The Christian Science Monitor. June 26, 1981. English.
5. News: 16 Siberian Pentecostals End a Trip to Freedom. 45746. 132. A14. 16 August 2022. New York Times. July 21, 1983. https://web.archive.org/web/20220803111717/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/21/us/16-siberian-pentecostals-end-a-trip-to-freedom.html. 3 August 2022.