Yevgeny Rodionov

Military Person

1977 – 1996

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Who was Yevgeny Rodionov?

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Rodionov was a Russian soldier who was taken prisoner and later executed in Chechen captivity for his refusal to convert to Islam and defect to the enemy side. The circumstances of his death have garnered him much admiration throughout Russia. Despite widespread popular veneration he has not been glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church as a New Martyr due to lack of evidence about his death.

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Born
May 23, 1977
Penza Oblast
Nationality
  • Russia
Died
May 23, 1996
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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