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. As a result, the court sentenced the believer to 2 years in a penal colony.
Aleksandr was born in 1989 in Pyatigorsk (Stavropol Territory). He has an elder brother, Mikhail. Since childhood, Aleksandr was a responsible person, he studied excellently at school, and then received a specialty in the field of garden and park construction. In his free time, he enjoys playing sports, especially playing basketball and table tennis.
Aleksandr grew up in a family of believers, many of his relatives survived repression during the Soviet years. His great-grandparents were exiled to Siberia in 1951 for their Christian faith. There, in exile, his father and mother were born.
Since Aleksandr adheres to the principles of Christian neutrality, he asked for the replacement of military service with an alternative civilian one and did it in Khimki near Moscow.
Later, Aleksandr moved to Saransk, where he worked in the furniture industry. Among his friends, he has a reputation as someone who will readily come to the rescue at any time of the day or night.
In February 2024, after his release from the penal colony, Aleksandr married Irina, who shares her husband's views. The couple loves to travel, play sports together and go hiking with friends.