Dusya Chmil

 Dusya Chmil

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“Dusya Chmill, a round faced, calm, and quiet illiterate old woman. The convoy guards called out to her: 'Chmill! What is your article?’ And she gently, good-naturedly replied: 'Why are you asking, my boy? It's all written down there. I can't remember them all.’ (She had a bouquet of sections under Article 58.) 'Your term!’ Dusya Chmil sighed. She wasn't giving such contradictory answer in order to annoy the convoy. In her own simplehearted way she pondered this question: Her term? Did they really think it was given to human beings to know their terms? '...'Till GOD forgives my sins..' ‘…But after two and a half years of her term had passed, even though she had sent no petitions- all of a sudden a piece of paper came: release!’”-(page 317)

Dusya Chmil was a woman that decided to keep being sincere and righteous and was taken to gulag for false accusations. We learn that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn described stories of individuals that had done no wrong and yet were persecuted by the socialist Bolshevik Soviets. While there was persecution based on envy, some of these stories relate how there were also righteous individuals that did not corrupt themselves and remained loyal to the worship of GOD Almighty. We learned that while some were martyred and obtained eternal salvation, others kept persevering and were able to be freed from gulag.

The story of Dusya Chmil describes an older woman who had been falsely accused by the Soviet socialists and taken to gulag. Dusya Chmil did not really care for socialism and described everything in plain language describing that she was going to keep worshiping GOD Almighty and did not care about socialism. When Soviet soldiers asked about her article meaning the reason she was being sent to gulag, Dusya Chmil answered with honesty and was not trying to annoy. She described that she did not know anything about that and that it was all written down. When asked the term she was receiving, she answered with honesty describing that she was going to keep persevering worshiping GOD Almighty.

The story of Dusya Chmil is surprising because while being an older woman considered a “nun” by the Soviet socialists, she decided to persevere with her faith in GOD Almighty and was released in two and a half years. This is surprising because for each individual there were different circumstances. The most important part was not renouncing Christianity despite martyrdom, persecution, or envy. We learn that Dusya Chmill was able to persevere and was released early from gulag not having to serve the fifteen years described. This describes the manner that GOD Almighty helps the righteous persevere when they decide to be zealous for their faith and not practice idol worship and sin. Some may have been martyred yet obtained eternal salvation, yet others persevered being released early from gulag. Others served time in gulag like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, were freed, then exiled to another country, and never renounced their faith in King Jesus Christ.

Dusya Chmil describes the “nuns” that decided to worship GOD Almighty above everything with zeal. The Soviet Bolsheviks hated the “nuns” because they were stubborn in their belief and did not really care about idolatry. We learn that the “nuns” were older women that never renounced their faith in GOD Almighty yet remained skeptical about socialism and communism. In Orthodox Christianity, there were no nuns in the sense of the Catholic Church, yet there were zealous older women that were called "nuns" because of their zeal. There were older men and women that chose to be zealous in their faith that caused envy from the Soviets. We learn that the older generations were not looked upon favorably by the Soviet socialists because they did not care about idol worship that was socialism. We learn that not only were the older generations skeptical of socialism because there are numerous stories of younger individuals and adults that remained zealous for the worship of GOD Almighty. This describes how socialism does not care about men, women, the elderly, the young, and adults, and instead only cares about envy and temporary lies. 

Patriarch Tikhon

 Patriarch Tikhon

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“The staunch Patriarch warned them, “...for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. (Matthew 26: 52). But at that time it seemed absurd, impossible! How could they imagine at that time that History sometimes does know revenge…” (page 245)

We learn that while the Soviet Bolsheviks attempted to "appear benevolent" saying that they were trying to help the working class, they were actually persecuting the working class. We learn that the Soviet Bolsheviks wanted to remove faith, history, art, science, literature, and replace it with government worship. Patriarch Tikhon who was the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, was persecuted in 1918, and described that the persecution of believers would essentially lead to the destruction of the wicked seen in King Jesus Christ's reproof of violence describing that those who kill by the sword are themselves killed by the sword. This describes that GOD Almighty is aware of the sin committed and is able to judge when GOD Almighty decides. We learn that this reproof describes how there is justice by GOD Almighty in destroying murderers and idolators. We learn that the own Bolsheviks ended up persecuting Bolsheviks. In Soviet Russia, the socialists persecuted socialists. (Also, the nazi socialists fought against the Soviet socialists.)

This describes the truth of King Jesus Christ and the manner that Patriarch Tikhon judged the Soviets in 1918 describing the deceit and murders of the Soviet Bolsheviks. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn questioned how the Germans were able to denounce the nazi socialists who were murderers and evildoers through the Nuremberg Trials while the Soviets had difficulty denouncing the injustices of Stalin. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was able to see that there was justice in the manner that even Bolshevik sycophants were themselves falsely accused and sent to gulag. We are able to read about stories of Soviet socialists that were sent to gulag and had to labor in camps based on false accusations and envy being that they were loyal to the Soviet state.

We learn that GOD Almighty makes justice because Lenin was sent to exile by Stalin, and Stalin would also later be sent to exile and died prior to the 1960s. We learn that righteous believers were either persecuted to martyrdom or persevered through persecution, yet Christianity kept being preached. We learn that the Soviet Union did not help its citizens and declined significantly after the writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn were published. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn writes about the importance of integrity despite the adversity, circumstances, and envy that he went through.

While being sent to gulag being a Lenin socialist, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would renounce socialism based on the lies seen of the Soviets, wonder and amazement of seeing righteous Christians persevere despite persecution, and the realization that there is justice and the need to practice integrity despite the iniquity that is in the world. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn renounced idolatry for the worship of King Jesus Christ. We learn that Christianity kept and keeps being preached to Russia and Europe and the manner that the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s and became independant states where most nations have Christian churches and prefer capitalism. 

Irena Nagel

 Irena Nagel

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“A security officer, Junior Lieutenant Sidorenko, expressed a desire to get more intimately acquainted. And Negel replied: “I would rather be kissed by the lowliest thief in a camp! You ought to be ashamed of yourself. I can hear your baby crying in the next room.” Repulsed by her outburst, the security officer suddenly changed his expression and said: 'Surely you don't really think I like you? I merely wanted to put you to the test. So here's the way it is: you must collaborate with us.’ She refused and was sent to a penalty camp.”- (page 260)

We learn about specific stories in the Gulag Archipelago about individuals that were true and real and did not want to practice adultery and envy. We learn about Irena Nagel who was a typist who was asked to practice adultery with a Soviet officer. We learn that Irena Nagel did not want to practice adultery and instead refused to start an adulterous relationship with a Soviet officer. Irena Nagel knew that Sidorenko had most likely a wife and children. She learned about this since his children were making noises in the next room. The Soviet officer had resentment and sent Irena Nagel to gulag based on false accusations based on resentment being denied his advances and envy.

This is interesting because there are similar stories in the Gulag Archipelago about individuals that did nothing wrong and yet were sent to gulag. We learn that the reason they were sent to gulag was based on envy, hate, and resentments. After being denied the romantic interest, Sidorenko described that he was only putting Irena Nagel to the test describing the arrogance and lack of empathy of Sidorenko. We learn that she did not change her mind and was sent to a penalty camp in gulag for not accepting his romantic interest of adultery.

We are able to see from the stories of the Gulag Archipelago about individuals that had integrity and preferred to keep their integrity than practice sin and adultery. We learn that this story reminds us of the importance of integrity despite threats, envy, and resentments. We learn that there were different individuals that went through difficulties because of the envy of a socialist. The story of Pavel Chulpanyev describes a similar understanding of how Soviet socialism is not what it appears to be. Because Pavel Chulpanyev had the affection of a woman, Lozovsky was envious and falsely accused Chulpanyev of sedition based on envy.

We learn that socialism and communism are not good forms of governance seeing the manner that there are stories of how Soviet socialists were motivated by envy instead of genuine empathy. We learn that despite the difficulties, individuals persevered and helps us know that righteousness and goodness helps us persist. Individuals that were good refused to corrupt themselves or practice iniquity. This allows us to know that we can not believe the temporary lies of the snake that say that, “Everyone is a sinner and practices sin.” We learn that those are temporary lies because the stories of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn describe that there were always good individuals that never corrupted themselves. They may not have been the majority, but they were not few either. 

Priest Viktor Shipovalnikov

 Priest Viktor Shipovalnikov

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“They sent the Priest Viktor Shipovalnikov there on charges of conducting “religious propaganda” (he had celebrated vespers for five nurses on Easter's Eve.)

In the stories of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn describing the Gulag Archipelago, we read about righteous individuals that decided to persevere in the worship of GOD Almighty and did not corrupt themselves to idol worship. We learn that there are important stories that help us know that GOD Almighty helps the righteous persevere despite set-backs, opposition, and persecution. While socialism and communism is not an ideal method of governance, we learn about righteous individuals who persevered despite the adversities and envy of the Soviet socialists. We learned about individuals that refused to work for the Soviets, refused to corrupt themselves to practice evil, and kept speaking truth despite the envy and hate of socialists.

This is important knowing that evil attempts to discourage saying that everyone practices sin, when the reality is that not everyone practices sin and there are righteous people who want to know nothing of evil. We learned about priests who kept preaching King Jesus Christ and never renounced their faith despite being envied and falsely accused. There were righteous believers that were women that refused to renounce their belief and were sent to gulag.This allows us to know that throughout history there are righteous individuals that choose to be righteous and have fidelity to GOD Almighty instead of being in the road of perdition in the practice of sin and idol worship.

We learned about Priest Viktor Shipovalnikov that decided to conduct a mass despite persecution and was sent to gulag. We learn that he provided a mass for five nurses and the manner that the Soviet socialists falsely accused him with “religious propaganda”. We learn that despite the censorship and attempts to prevent socialists and communists from hearing Scripture, Priest Viktor Shipovalnikov was able to keep preaching and keep to his ideals and integrity despite the opposition. We learn of woman that were called “nuns” that were women that decided to keep their faith and never gave in to idol worship, envy, and corruption.

“They kept whole barracks of “nuns” there who refused to work for the devil. At the penalty camp for prisoners under convoy at the Pechora State Farm they held them in a penalty block up to their knees in water. In the autumn of 1941 they gave them all 58-14-economic counterrevolution- and shot them.)”

“And how is it that genuine religious believers survived in camps (as we mentioned more than once)? In the course of this book we have already mentioned their self-confident procession through the Archipelago…How some of them were mowed down by machine guns and those next in line continued their march. A steadfastness unheard of in the twentieth century!” (page 317)

We learn in the Gulag Archipelago about individuals that were able to keep preaching and speaking truth regardless of the opposition and hindrances. We learn that even in the gulag system, individuals from all social classes were able to hear about Scripture and the need to accept King Jesus Christ. We learn that while some were martyred, Christianity kept increasing including in the Soviet Union. We learn that while some Christians were persecuted to martyrdom in the gulag, others were able to keep persevering preaching and keeping to their ideals. We learn that righteous individuals held to their faith instead of corrupting themselves to idol worship, iniquity, and greed. We learn that even individuals that were not righteous were able to learn about Christianity in the gulag system. There are multiple stories of individuals who renounced sin for King Jesus Christ. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn details this in great detail because he renounced Lenin socialism for King Jesus Christ. 

Gregory Mendel

 Gregory Mendel

We learn from Gregory Mendel that he was a Christian monk who was able to discover knowledge of the study of Genetics. While attending to his studies and devotion to the worship of GOD Almighty, Gregory Mendel was able to describe through the studying of peas that there were genetic differences in the plants. In the monastery, Gregory Mendel was able to observe garden plants and attempted to reason the genetic variabilities between plants. Gregory Mendel was able to discover that there are dominant and recessive traits that describe how a specific plant will grow and develop. Gregory Mendel was able to describe that parent plants were able to pass on to their offspring specific genetic traits.

Gregory Mendel described that garden plants including peas were able to vary genetically between each other. He was able to describe that there were two specific types of plants produced. There were the round and green pea plants and shrivelled and green peas. We learn that Gregory Mendel was able to deduce that the dominant genes of roundness and green peas was predominant with seventy five percent of the peas being round and green.

Gregory Mendel deduced that the other twenty five percent of the peas were green and shrivelled. This describes that the peas were of two specific gene traits. There was the color green and the characteristic of the pea being round or shrivelled. We learn that this described only two specific traits. Gregory Mendel helped give understanding concerning the Punnet squares that allow for us to know how the specific cross polination of different plants can lead to different genotypes (genetic make up) and phenotypes (outward visible qualities). We learn that a match between a dominant recessive trait (Rr) with another dominant recessive trait (Rr) leads to two different possible visible traits.

We learn that Gregory Mendel described that there could be multiple traits that can be observed. In another scenario, there were pea plants that were able to produce green round peas, green shriveled peas, yellow round peas, or yellow shriveled peas. This understanding of genetics allowed us to understand observable genetic traits that can be explained by science including reasoning why some individuals have widow's peaks and others do not, differences in eye color, and even incidence of diseases such as Tay Sach's disease or auto-immune diseases such as Lupus. With Gregory Mendel's knowledge of genetics, we are able to understand the importance of science and also integrity being able to understand that scientific knowledge can be used to help instead of being misused and misapplied. We can persevere being grateful for scientific knowledge that prevents us from being arrogant and irresponsible. 

John Dalton

 John Dalton

John Dalton was a Christian individual that was a part of the Quakers. We learn that John Dalton was able to understand specific knowledge of atoms. We learn from Chemistry about the manner that elements are composed of atoms and have specific structures. Referring to the periodic table of the elements, we can learn that each element is different and has different specific qualities including differences in protons, neutrons, and electrons. John Dalton was able to discover that elements are made up of atoms.

This is impressive because atoms and specific knowledge of Chemistry concerns information that would be difficult to observe. We learn that he was able to understand how elements are made up of atoms and gave understanding about the composition of elements. In Chemistry, we learn that specific elements can form compounds and lead to chemical reactions. We learn that science can help us understand the importance of learning and being able to remain responsible practicing integrity. We learn that Chemistry can be applied to create helpful medications, study the benefits of nutrition, and avoid illicit substances (poisons) that are not needed.

Another important distinction about John Dalton was that he was color blind. John Dalton could not distinguish between specific colors due to a genetic predisposition that prevented specific colors from being observed. There was a story describing how John Dalton once thought that he was wearing the traditional color black to go to church as it was accustomed by the Quakers. Upon arriving to church, the individuals looked at him funny since he had instead worn a bright colored shirt that was not black. John Dalton could not understand how he could not have chosen a different shirt color and it was noted later that he was color blind.

The condition of being color blind or daltonism causes individuals to not be able to see specific colors from the red, green, and blue spectrum. In his time, there were theories of how color blindness happens. After multiple studies, we are able to understand that color blindness is a genetic trait that is a recessive trait, yet can affect individuals. Being a recessive trait, it only affects individuals who have parents with the recessive trait of color blindness. This was noted from the fact that John Dalton's brother also had color blindness.

Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev

 Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev

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There are specific stories in the Gulag Archipelago about individuals that decided to not go along with socialism and communism. We learn that there were individuals that decided to speak truth and were able to understand that socialism and communism is not what it appears to be. There are several stories that describe the discrepancies of the Soviet Union and the envy that existed. In the story of Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev, we learn about a loyal Liutenant soldier that was envied by another socialist individual. 

Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev was a bold individual that was loyal to the Soviet Union. An individual named Lozovsky asked Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev specific questions about the war against Germany. We learn that Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev answered the questions of Lozovsky who then went and wrote a denunciation to the answers that Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev gave. This was with the intention to get rid of Liutenant Pavel Chulpenyev due to the envy Lozovsky had against Chulpenyev concerning the affection of some woman. 

Lozovsky asked why the forces were retreating against the Germans? Chulpenyev gave honest answers regarding how the Germans had reached the specific region earlier than the Soviets and had more military tanks and troops. Chulpenyev answered with honesty and to this, Lozovsky went to write a denunciation to the Komsomol slandering and falsely accusing Chulpenyev of betraying the Soviets. Chulpenyev had done nothing wrong and instead Lozovsky was envious of Chulpenyev.

"Chulpenyev was summoned before the Political Branch of the division and expelled from the Komsomol: for a defeatist attitude, for praising German equipment, for belittling the strategy of our High Command."- (page 118)

Chulpenyev was taken to gulag because of the denunciation. Chulpenyev was falsely accused, and there was one confrontation between both where Lozovsky was asked if he knew Chulpenyev. After Lozovsky said yes to knowing Chulpenyev that was enough for Lozovsky to leave. Their previous conversation was not asked. Chulpenyev was sent to gulag. Chulpenyev was asked to repeat his answers to the questions asked. Chulpenyev stated the answers and still did not know what he was being accused of. He described that people talked in that manner and then was asked, 'Who talked like that? Give us their names?" This story describes the manner that envious individuals attempted to falsely accuse other individuals of sedition and treason when they had done nothing wrong. The story describes that Chulpenyev described that he was not a traitor and for him to be given an assignment against Germany that would guarantee that he was not a traitor. Chulpenyev wanted an assignment that would describe his loyalty against the enemies of the Soviet Union with the individual who had falsely accused him. To this the Soviet socialists denied the request. This describes that the socialist Soviets did not really care about truth, patriotism, or fraternity, and instead sent people to gulag for no reason. 

"But Chulpeneyev was not of their breed! He had the last word. '...Give me an assignment that will mean my death so as to assure itself once more of my patriotism... Me and the person who slandered me-both of us together."- The Gulag Archipelago (page 119)

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Figures of History and Individualism allows us to persevere knowing that throughout history there have been righteous individuals that decided to practice good and not practice sin. We are able to persevere knowing that there is no need to fear nor have negative emotions knowing that we trust in the Creator and not in idolatry. We are able to learn about righteous individuals that decided to speak truth and help others even when there are lies being told that attempt to lead individuals to disobedience and the practice of sin. We can persevere without practicing sin and idol worship.