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46, 67. Durasoff, pp. 142 and 160, 68. BV, 2/47, p. 62; ECB Kalendar 1976, p. 57; the Smorodintsy are still listed at present as an illegal sect; cf. A. Sediulin, Zadonodatel’ stvo o religioznykh kul’ takh (Moscow, 1974), p. 27. os 69. On August 15, 1860, sixteen Latvians were baptized in Memel. During the night of September 9, 1861, their leader, Adam Gertner, baptized 72 newly converted Latvians in a little stream located in Latvia itself (BV, 2/48, p. 61). 70. Boris Meissner, Die Sowjetunion, die baltischen Staaten und das Volker- recht (Cologne, 1956). Lewis and Rushbrooke of the BWA exchanged information about such persecution, which they had obtained from refugees, 71. I am indebted to Adolphs Klaupiks for some of this information. Karev, in reflecting on a visit, remarked on the differin temperaments caused by nationality and character: ““We Russians are ardent an fervent, the Latvians and Estonians more peaceful and sober-minded” (BV, 1/46, p. 38). 72. BV, 3/45, p. 18. Representing the Estonians were J. K. Lipstok, O. Tiark, Laks and Nurk; from the Latvians: K. Latseklis, Ia. Ris, Papeliuk, Andreenko and Petrov; Apanasenok from Lithuania. Also present for these union meetings were four men from Belorussia (Chechnev, Shatura, Minailo, and Alemseev) plus the Pentecostals Ponomarchuk and Bidash from the Ukraine. 73, BV, 1/46, p. 56. I. I. Motorin, longtime Ukrainian Evangelical Christian leader but now merely identified as a “longtime Evangelical Christian Baptist worker” was appointed at this time as director for publishing activities of the AUCECB. As of August 1945 the AUCECB members were: Ia. 1. Zhidkov, M. 1. Goliaev, M. A. Orlov, N. A. Levindanto, A. V. Karev, F. G. Patkovskii. A. L, Andreev, P. I. Malin, L. G. Ivanov, D. 1. Ponomarchuk, J. Lipstok, and K. Latseklis. The latter four were “coopted,” it was stated. 74, Lipstok remained senior presbyter of Estonia till his death in 1963. The. series of senior presbyters for Latvia were K. Latseklis, 1945-46; A. M. Korp, 1946- 48; Redlich, 1948-53; Khuns, 1953-61. 75. BV, 3/46. 76. BV, 2/46, p. 41. The Svobodnye Khristiane (Free Christians) were found primarily among the Ruthenians in Transcarpathia and were the second largest sect in the area next to the Baptists. Andreev and Karev noted that their special teachin had been brought to them from the USA by their present leader Petr Semeriovick and was heavily influenced by the journal Light of Prophecy, founded by the former Swedish Adventist Dr. Lee. According to Karev and Andreev, “This journal preached against water baptism, against communion, against special prayer houses, against salaried presbyters and preachers, against celebratin Chilstmaas ‘Easter, and other such religious holidays, against pictures and similar epictions, against birth- day parties, against musical instruments, against registration of congregations or churches with authorities and so forth” (pp. 32-38). : 77. Ev