Siberian Seven Explained
The Siberian Seven refers to seven out of twentynine members of two families of persecuted Pentecostals in the Soviet Union who took up residency at the U.S. embassy in Moscow on June 27, 1978.[1] [2] [3] These seven members represented the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families, both originally from Chernogorsk, Siberia.[4] The seven stayed at the embassy for five years, until being granted exit visas and permission to emigrate on June 26, 1983[5] [6] before all 29 members were allowed to leave to Israel on a tourist visa. Sixteen members of the families eventually settled in the United States.[7]
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- News: 7 Russ Invade U.S. Embassy, Seek Asylum . Reuters . . June 27, 1978 . I-.
- Merry. E. Wayne. Charles Stuart Kennedy . Moscow, USSR—Consular/Political (Internal) Officer 1980-1983: Siberian Seven . Foreign Affairs Oral History Project . 2010 . . PDF . 102-104. Charles Stuart Kennedy .
- Lubow. Arthur. 18 July 1983. At Last, the Promised Land. People Magazine. 29 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013252/http://people.com/archive/at-last-the-promised-land-vol-20-no-3/. 29 October 2017. dead.
- 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 . 16 December 1982 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en. 3.
- News: Religious Refugees Get Visas . Robert . Gillette . . June 27, 1983 . I-1.
- News: Ned Temko . Siberian seven' begin 4th year as 'guests' of US Embassy in Moscow . 27 April 2016 . The Christian Science Monitor . June 26, 1981. English.
- News: 16 Siberian Pentecostals End a Trip to Freedom. 45746. 132. A14. 16 August 2022. New York Times. July 21, 1983. https://web.archive.org/web/20220803111717/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/21/us/16-siberian-pentecostals-end-a-trip-to-freedom.html. 3 August 2022.
