Presbyter
Alexander Ivanovich Krylov was born in 1879 in the village of Vargany, Lyskovo district of Nizhny Novgorod province. He served as a priest in the village of Lyapuntsy, Lyskovo district of Nizhny Novgorod region. On September 17, 1937, he was arrested based on testimonies extracted under torture from previously arrested individuals. He was accused of participating in the burning of twenty houses and a stack of straw in the village of Ostrovskoye, a collective farm yard in the village of Uvarovo, and a mill in the village of Gugin. Father Alexander rejected all accusations. On November 11, 1937, he was sentenced by the Troika of the NKVD to execution and was shot.
In the same case, priest Pavel Vasilyevich Borisoglebsky, born in Vasilisursk, Nizhny Novgorod province, was arrested. He served in the village of Plotinskoye, Lyskovo district of Nizhny Novgorod region. Father Pavel was arrested on July 24, 1937, and accused of anti-Soviet statements made during his exile in 1930-1931. He did not confess to any wrongdoing. On November 11, 1937, he was sentenced to execution and was shot.
