Biography
In 2019, several residents of Saransk, including Aleksandr Shevchuk, were prosecuted for their faith. Law enforcers considered the conversations about the Bible to be participation in the activities of an extremist organization.
Alexander was born in 1989 in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory). He has a brother, Michael. Since childhood, Alexander was a responsible person, he studied excellently at school, and later received a specialty in the field of garden and park construction. Later he moved to Saransk, where he worked in the furniture industry.
Aleksandr grew up in a family of believers, many of his relatives survived the repressions in the Soviet years. His great-grandparents were exiled to Siberia in 1951 for their Christian faith. There, in exile, his parents were born.
Because of his peace-loving Christian convictions, Aleksandr asked for the replacement of military service with an alternative civilian one and did it in Khimki near Moscow.
Alexander loves sports, especially basketball and table tennis. His friends know that he will readily come to the rescue at any time of the day or night.
Relatives worry about Alexander and do not understand why they are persecuting this peace-loving man.