This week Pyotr Vashchenko. his wife Avgustina. their 12 children and their daughterinlaw. Ludmilla. depart the Soviet Union for Israel. where they will join their oldest daughter. Lydia. who was allowed to leave the Soviet Union earlier. The 5year saga of the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families is well known to all of us. We were encouraged by their deeply held religious faith in a country that condemns and persecutes believers. We were struck by their courage as they openly defied Soviet authorities who repeatedly denied their right to emigrate. We were inspired by their sacrifice and suffering when they took up residence in the basement of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
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