Upon leaving the Army In 1975. he continued to suffer harassment. such as beatings from KGB thugs and dismissal from work. He was twice thrown into a psychiatric hospital. Vasily first applied to leave the Soviet Union in 1977. After forming an organization of fellow Pentecostals desiring to emigrate. he vas arrested in August 1982 for antiSoviet agitation and propaganda and sentenced to 5 years In a labor camp. His wife Galina followed him Into the gulag 7 months later on similar charges. Release from the labor camp in 1987 brought Vasily no closer to his ultimate goalemigration. Galina was permitted to leave for Canada in July 1990. and expected that her husband would be allowed to follow soon after.
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