Nikolai Shcherbakov, presbyter

Nikolai Pavlovich Shcherbakov was born on 24 July 1876 in the village of Labazy, in the Buzuluk District of Samara. He came from a priest’s family. After graduating from the Theological Academy, he got married and he was ordained a priest. Afterwards he was sent to the city of Chapayevsk.

In 1932, he was arrested but released after only eight days. He was arrested again on 29 March 1935, when he was accused of being a leading member of a counter-revolutionary group. He was sentenced to five years in exile in Kazakhstan, where he worked as an accountant. On 23 November 1937, he was arrested again while in exile. During the investigation, he denied all the charges.

On 25 November 1937, he was sentenced to death and executed on 28 November.