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ata. 49. BV, 4/64, p. 75. 50. The successors were: N. A. Kolesnikov (SP for Kazakhstan, 1970- ); N. N. Sizov (SP for Kirgizia, 1969- ), M. M. Samotugin (SP for Central Asia, 1967-1977); T. F. Kviring, 1977- . Vashchuk was pensioned in 1970 and moved to Kazan, where he is still presbyter. Kolesnikov, elected AUCECB treasurer in 1979, is expected to move to Moscow. 51. BV, 1/49. 52. After P. G. Ter-Avanesov (1944-49) and N. I. Kornaukhov (1944-54), who were responsible for the Trans-Caucasus and North Caucasus regions respectively, both regions were combined under M. S. Dushenko (1949-57), F. R. Astakhov (1957-60) and B. A. Rusanov (1961-63), and P. A. Dzhaniashvili (1965-68). Subor- dinate to them were R. R. Podgaiskii (SP for Stavropol’skii Krai, 1954-65) and for Krasnodarskii Krai there were V. I. Andreenko (1956-60), I. E. Egorov (1960-65), M. Ia. Rubanenko (1965-66). The two North Caucasus regions were united again under A. D. Savin (1968-79). 272 Soviet Evangelicals Since World War Il 53. N. Z. Kvirikashvili (SP for Caucasus since 1974), V. D. Erisov (SP for Kra- snodarskii Krai, 1977-79, now for Stavropol skii Krai). 54, Fora description see Smith, The Russians, p. 326f. 55. See, for example, the testimony of Evgenii Bresenden in Hearings before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 95th congress, Vol. II, “Religious Liberty and Minority Rights in the Soviet Union,” April 27, 28, 1977, pp. 5-42, 56. Iu. A. Maksimchuk, a younger man; Raevski, born 1904, has served continuously since 1948 (BV, 1/75, p. 13) 57. Heis B, Sipko (EBPS, July 18, 1978). 58. Reported at 1979 congress. 59. BV, 6/66, p. 41. Six congregations had been registered between 1963 and 1966. , 60. Author's personal notes of congress. The official report printed only a few such comments. Where they love Jesus, there is warmth and life. Why have so many left who formerly belonged to the union and its congregations, like, for example, the Pentecostal brethren? Because it is often too cold in our midst. As a result, these brothers caught a cold and now they are seriously ill, running around feverishly and talking nonsense. —Martsinkovski | Through Jesus there is a place for all men in the family of God. Men may put up their barriers; churches may keep their communion tables for their own members. God never does; it is the tragedy of the church that it is so often more exclusive than God. —William Barclay 2 10 The Movement Toward Autonomy: Reform Baptists, Mennonites, Pentecostals If this were simply a history of the AUCECB instead of the Soviet evangelical movement as a whole, this chapter might more appropriately be headed “unity.” This was always the motto for the All-Union congresses be- cause unity remains threatened .to the present. But from the perspective of free church ideology, autonomy has always seemed more significant than unity. Public statements by Sovie