Chistoserdov Nikolay Alexandrovich
Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church. Shot in Tomsk on March 30, 1930.
Born January 27, 1878 in the village of N-Ilyinskoye, Tomsk Governorate. Russian, non-partisan.
He graduated from the Tomsk Theological Seminary in 1900. From 1901 to 1911, he served as a priest in the village of Molchanovo, Narym Territory, Tomsk Province. From 1912 to 1930, he served at the Resurrection Church in Tomsk. Until 1929, he owned his own apiary. He lived in Tomsk at 20 Bakunina Street*. It is known that in 1925, he was listed as disenfranchised " under paragraph "G" -- monks and clergy of religious cults of all confessions and denominations, for whom this occupation is a profession ."
From the denunciations: “Chistoserdov’s house was very often visited by his acquaintances to drink tea with honey... on holidays and Sundays in his spacious house (3-story, inherited from the merchant Gadalov** there were sometimes up to 20-30 like-minded people,... all active churchmen and parishioners and members of the church council... defended the peasants, said that collectivization would leave everyone without bread... was indignant that churches were being closed and priests were being arrested, agitated to defend the churches, said that not everyone would be imprisoned..., a convinced monarchist..., in his opinion, the introduction of a continuous week is a violation of faith..., they created a committee to help exiled priests...”.
Arrested on February 22, 1930. Convicted on March 30, 1930, accused of the KRD. Executed on March 30, 1930. Rehabilitated in June 1989.
* The current address is Bakunina, 24.
** He was married to the adopted daughter of the merchant I. I. Gadalov. A large and close-knit family lived in the house that was given to him: Fr. Nikolai’s parents, Fr. Nikolai with his wife Evdokia, and their four children, two of whom were married. The house was taken away after Fr. Nikolai’s arrest. The family was thrown out of the house. His son, Veniamin, was expelled from the university because he refused to renounce his father. He worked as a kvass seller, caught a cold, and died in 1930. His second son, Sergei (1904–1937), who worked as an assistant accountant at Sibtorg, was arrested in Tomsk on November 22, 1937, convicted on November 28, 1937, charged with involvement in the Union for the Salvation of Russia, and executed on December 7, 1937. He was rehabilitated in December 1959.
Sources and literature:
- Archive of the UFSB for the Territory. D. P-8805;
- Fast M. V., Fast N. P. Narym Golgotha: Materials on the history of church repressions in the Tomsk region during the Soviet period. Tomsk; Moscow: Vodolay Publishers, 2004;
- Victims of political terror in the USSR. Electronic database;
- Archive of the Memorial Museum.
Дополнительные сведения
Томский мартиролог: Чистосердов Николай Александрович
«В 3-х этажном доме, подаренном протоиерею Николаю приемным отцом жены, купцом
Гадаловым, жила большая и дружная семья: родители о. Николая, о. Николай с супругой Евдокией, их четверо детей, двое из которых в 1930 г. уже были женаты.
Дом был очень гостеприимным. До 1929 г. они имели пасеку, а значит и мед к чаю.
Встречаясь за чаепитиями в доме о. Николая, гости — священники, прихожане и члены церковного совета — обсуждали текущие события, гонения на Церковь. Собирали деньги, покупали продукты и отправляли их ссыльным священнослужителям в Нарым, предполагали даже создать комитет помощи ссыльным...»
Книга памяти Томской обл.: Чистосердов Николай Александрович
Documents (2)
Fund 101 / Inventory 003 / Case 001:Бакунина
001. A list of repressed residents who lived on Bakunina Street in Tomsk, with house numbers and links to their biographies
Fund 101 / Inventory 001. Томск. Каштак / Case 001: История захоронения
005. Vladimir Rodchenko. Holy Mount Kashtak. Tomsk Herald. 10/06/2001.
A newspaper article about how "cultured Tomsk sleeps in a graveyard". The history of the prison (transit lock - ITL-2 - pretrial detention center) on Pushkin Street and the history of executions are described.
The article mentions the names of those shot in Tomsk: poet Nikolai Klyuev, philosopher Gustav Shpet, Prince Alexander Golitsyn, holy martyr Juvenaly the Melodist, righteous Peter, Theodora and blessed Domna, Tomsk bishop Seraphim (Shamshev), princess Elizaveta Volkonskaya, princess Olga Urusova (Golitsyna), Prince Mikhail Dolgorukov, hieromonk Nikita Shirinsky-Shikhmatov, Tomsk local historian Alexander Adrianov, St. Petersburg writer Herbert Zukkau, Abbess Anastasia (Nekrasova), rector of the Resurrection Church Nikolai Chistoserdov.
On projects for the construction of a memorial church and chapel on Kashtak. A project for a chapel proposed to be built at the intersection of Ilmer Street and Mira Avenue is presented.
"It would be good to put a church at the crossroads - although a place on the southern edge of the park, at the entrance to Kashtak, would also be suitable, so that the domes could be seen from afar. Well, and around the church-monument in the future it would be possible to expand the memorial complex - for example, to put slabs with the names of the repressed. <...> I would like to believe that already this year an account for donations for the church will be opened, the foundation stone will be consecrated and the foundation will be laid. According to Orthodox tradition, the initiators of the construction themselves also suggested the name of the future church. Very symbolic, kind and beautiful - in the name of the Angel of Good Silence."
