This story of courage attracted international attention as it touched the hearts of millions. The story remained in the news as this determined band of Christians made the Embassy their home and their prison for 5 long years. Behind this story is another one. of 20 previous years of conflict between Russian emigration officials. the KGB and the two Godfearing families who led the way to freedom. Their incursion into the Embassy was simply a consequence of their pursuit for religious libertya result of their refusal to be denied. The minute the Chmykhalovs and Vashchenkos crashed into the Embassy. they left behind them their entire world. all they knew and had lived with all their lives in Chernogorsk. a coalmining center in Siberia. 2.000 miles east of Moscow.
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