A year later we met at my federal government office in washington dc. The persecutor by david marriott summary based on the autobiography of sergei kourdakov, a russian secret police member who persecuted christians. Find the best information and most relevant links on all topics related tothis domain may be for sale. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be.
In my first blog i wrote about the film the way back and the question of authenticity in memoirs. The strange story of sergei kourdakov books and culture. Sergei kourdakov 19511973, narra en este relato su accidentada vida desde su nacimiento en rusia hasta su huida a canada. Totally outstanding detail that kept me going page after page. According to his autobiography, he persecuted countless christians as a kgb agent while a student and youth communist leader at the petropavlovsk naval academy in eastern russia. It details his early life and life as a kgb agent persecuting christians in the soviet union, as well as his defection to canada. This story begins with sergei kourdakovs book, the persecutor. Sergei nikolayevich kourdakov was a former kgb agent and naval officer who. The documentary film forgive me, sergei is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness between two people who never met. Shiara gerardo rated it liked it dec 17, sorokin y pavel kiryakov. The film forgive me, sergei is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness between two people who never met and who may never meet. His father nikolai ivanovich kourdakov was a soldier in the soviet army and a political activist who was a very loyal supporter of joseph stalin. The film forgive me, sergei is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness. This day was one of the investigations many gifts because many classmates and witnesses of kourdakovs childhood were present.
Kourdakov would win the sympathy, support, and admiration of several american politicians, who would pave the way for his entry into the united states. This is a portion of the biography of sergei kourdakov called the persecutor. Story of paul the persecutor of christians introduction here is a story worth telling. Sergei kourdakov was a young defector from the soviet union who was born on march 1, 1951. Convert and believe in the gospel pdf familie mariens. It sounded uninteresting at first, but it was so great to read. The book was finished shortly before his death in january 1973 and published posthumously. From his childhood, to him escaping to cananda, sergei kourdokov took you on a trip to russia, were life is hard and only the strong survive. This male was identified as sergei kourdakovs brother. Persecutor meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. That story, vividly recounted by the man who introduced him, was only the prelude to the yet more gripping account of his transformation from ruthless persecutor of christians in his native russia to unlikely but passionate convert. It is an example of how the 20th century dramatically affected.
In the one of the responses which followed, i was directed towards forgive me, natasha by sergei kourdakov. You can find it online although it is out of print. The persecutor, also known as forgive me natasha or sergei, is the autobiography of sergei kourdakov, a former kgb agent who persecuted christians in the soviet union in the 1970s, but defected to canada in 1971 and converted to evangelical christianity. Dec 26, 2016 the film forgive me, sergei is a story of love, betrayal and forgiveness between two people who never met and who may never meet. Realizing that this story the persecutor is a true account of sergei kourdakov, the russian kgb agent will give you shrills up yr backbone. Jan 03, 2020 the persecutor alternatively titled forgive me natasha or sergei.
Shortly before he was set to testify before congress, soviet defector sergei kourdakovs accidentally committed suicide with a. Sergei kourdakov a former member of the soviet secret police who was trained to terrorize christians describes his life in russia as well as his escape to north america and conversion to christianity. Aug 26, 2016 sergei kourdakovs autobiography was published under three. Persecutor definition, to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The book was finished shortly before his death in january 1973 and published posthumously it was published in english, then translated to. The video conversation has to do with sergei kourdakovs father. On january 1,kourdakov was found dead by a gunshot to the head at a motel in california. And will also bring out the tears when his life takes a change. In 1970, he began reading the gospel of luke and was transformed by it. While camping in the black hills last month, marilyn shared with our family from a book she was reading, a moving biography no longer in print of sergei kourdakov. The persecutor was one of the best books i have ever read.
I liked that kourdakov saw the examples of the believers, especially natasha, and eventually joined christianity. Sergei or the persecutor by sergei kourdakov excerpted i storm in the pacific for several days and nights our ship had been fighting its way through a violently convulsed pacific ocean. The interview may be given to us out of chronological order. Raised in soviet orphanages, sergei was plucked from obscurity to work with the kgb in breaking up christian meetings of believers. Restriction on religious freedom in russia speak freedom texas.
Characters narrator nikiforov, secret police chief sergei kourdakov, secret police member victor, secret police member alex, secret police member christian 1 christian 2 natasha zhndanalva. Also i have an extra copy if you wish to contact me. Fbi file reveals numerous contradictions in the curious case of. Very worth while reading if u can find a copy of it somewhere. According to the persecutor sergei kourdakov was born on march 1, 1951, in novosibirsk oblast, soviet union. The interview appears to take place in a home at a dinner table. A man who had attained many of the most coveted honors in the esborro regime and was destined for a high seat of power nevertheless tells of the depravity and. Sergei kourdakovs autobiography was published under three. Forgive me, natasha by sergei kourdakov, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He led a brigade in the winter war and led a unit under general konstantin rokossovsky in world war ii. At first glance, one of the most incredible elements of this memoir is the fact that a soviet naval officer managed to jump ship off the coast of canada and swim ashore to start a new life. Kourdakov himself and, potentially, the christian group that published this book.
By the time sergei kourdakov himself leapt up to the podium, the atmosphere was electric. Jul 16, 2017 sergei kourdakov, a former kgb agent and soviet naval intelligence officer, defected from the ussr at the age of twenty. There are others in the room and various voices are overheard. He would begin work on a book detailing his life and his crimes against soviet believers, which would sell millions of copies worldwide. On january 1, kourdakov was found dead by a gunshot to the head at a motel in california. The persecutor alternatively titled forgive me natasha or sergei. It is an example of how the ideological war between the soviet union and the united states dramatically affected the fates of those living in the twentieth century, how a 20yearold soviet sailor sergei kourdakov, on the third of september 1971, jumped from his ship in the. The persecutor, also known as forgive me natasha and less commonly as sergei, is the autobiography of sergei kourdakov, a former kgb agent who persecuted christians in the soviet union in the 1970s, but defected to canada in 1971 and converted to evangelical christianity. The storm had started abruptly when a freezing gale out of the north had collided with a cyclonebearing blast of warm air flowing from japan. But as in the case of exbirro who become disenfranchised with reality, he gradually realized only the ruthless and manipulative rise to the top. Us journal about sergei kourdakov, who having defected, from russia, joined a glendale, cal. There was a man by the name saul in jewish or paul in greek who lived in jerusalem during the time of jesus and the early period of the church.
May 20, 2020 kourdakov later converted to evangelical christianity, moved to the united states, and joined underground evangelism, an organization that smuggled bibles and other religious materials into the soviet union. Sergei kourdakovs classmates were shocked to learn more about sergeis book, especially the chapters about his orphanage and childhood friends. My book, a rose for sergei, is the true story of our time together. Sergei kourdakov, a former kgb agent and soviet naval intelligence officer, defected from the ussr at the age of twenty.
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