The Siberian Seven refers to seven out of twenty‑nine 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 twenty‑nine members were allowed to leave to Israel on a tourist visa. Sixteen members of the families eventually settled in the United States.[5]
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edit- ^ Merry, E. Wayne (2010). "Moscow, USSR—Consular/Political (Internal) Officer 1980-1983: Siberian Seven" (PDF). Foreign Affairs Oral History Project (Interview). Interviewed by Charles Stuart Kennedy. Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. pp. 102–104.
- ^ Lubow, Arthur (18 July 1983). "At Last, the Promised Land". People Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ 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 (Report). U.S. Government Printing Office. 16 December 1982. p. 3.
- ^ Ned Temko (June 26, 1981). "Siberian seven' begin 4th year as 'guests' of US Embassy in Moscow". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "16 Siberian Pentecostals End a Trip to Freedom". New York Times. Vol. 132, no. 45746. July 21, 1983. p. A14. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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edit- Siberian Seven Collection, 1978-1989 Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections