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In the late 1960s, the USSR was grooming teenager Sergei Kourdakov to lead a campaign of terror against Russian Christians. Before he turned 20 in 1971, he had led over 150 attacks, interrupting bible studies, prayer meetings, and even baptisms to arrest, beat, and even kill local believers. This young mans biography describes his orphaned childhood, his training as a Communist party leader, his persecution of believers, and his eventual conversion and escape.
Penned by a young Christian who had only recently defected from atheism and communism, the story is understandably short on spiritual themes, and does not aim to provide theological insight. However, it is a transparent narrative describing the tragedy of hardening and indoctrination experienced by this young man and his peers, shedding light on a system shrouded in darkness and deceit.
Though Koudakovs life was threatened numerous times by agents of communism, his unexpected death in 1973 was ruled accidental. This historical account of persecution of Christians at the hand of the Soviet government was published as a draft; final revisions were never made.
Penned by a young Christian who had only recently defected from atheism and communism, the story is understandably short on spiritual themes, and does not aim to provide theological insight. However, it is a transparent narrative describing the tragedy of hardening and indoctrination experienced by this young man and his peers, shedding light on a system shrouded in darkness and deceit.
Though Koudakovs life was threatened numerous times by agents of communism, his unexpected death in 1973 was ruled accidental. This historical account of persecution of Christians at the hand of the Soviet government was published as a draft; final revisions were never made.
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