Publisher's Synopsis
My life in the Soviet Union was a nightmare. I remember how much the KGB persecuted my family, and there was a lot of discrimination against other Christians. Those who did not live in the USSR would find it difficult to believe in such persecution and bullying. . My true story is about my Christian family of 15 children and how the KGB persecuted my family and insulted us by torturing us with drug experiments. For many years the USSR was under the control of the KGB; they dictated their lawlessness and ruled the country. In the 1960s and late 1980s, Christianity was under threat, and the persecution of Christians was severe. For Christians who wanted freedom of faith, the KGB was the biggest threat to religious freedom. The lawless Soviet KGBs were atheists, and they wanted to completely destroy Christianity. Behind the Iron Curtain, the KGB registered and persecuted Christians; they insulted their children because Christians wanted to serve God freely. Christian leaders and members of unregistered churches were persecuted, severely tortured and forced to renounce their faith. Many Christians who did not renounce their faith, served in prisons, and many of them were tortured and even killed. When my father saw how the KGB was breaking the constitutional laws and torturing Christians, in 1968, he wrote an open letter to the Soviet government, called "If You Sow the Wind, You will Reap a Storm." and sent that letter to governments in 32 countries. In his letter, he warned the Soviet government that because of illegal, cruel actions against Christians and all humanity, God will reveal the truth to the world, and the Soviet Union will fall. Because my father was in the KGB's way, it falsely charged him with Anti-Soviet activities. KGB accused my father of being an American spy. After an unfair trial, the KGB sentenced my father indefinitely to a psychiatric prison. It's a prison within a prison. For awful seven years, my father was tortured with bio-weapons and other experimental drugs in one of the strictest psychiatric prisons in the Soviet Union and he spent his time with mass-murderers. Throughout it all, my father maintained his Faith, saying: "I have committed my way to the Lord. May His will be done. He alone knows what He has planned for me." For his faith in Christ, my father subjected himself to be persecuted, because he knows that Jesus is the Truth and He is the Way to Heaven. Our family became well known to the Christian Solidarity International. The CSI launched the campaign for our family both in Europe and United States to rescue us. When the US Congress and President Ronald Reagan found out about our situation, they demanded that the Soviet rulers stop the violence against us and give us freedom. A wave of people around the world wrote petitions to the Soviet authorities demanding freedom for our family. The United States Christians and Christians in Europe were helping our family to survive throughout the hard and horrible uneven battle. In 1986, President Gorbachev changed the Soviet's regime in the country by the policy of peaceful perestroika without any revenge, and then later he destroyed the "Iron Curtain". In the Spring of 1987, during the perestroika, Mr. Van Eeghen from Netherlands had a chance to speak to President Gorbachev about our family. In 1987, when the USSR was still locked behind the "Iron Curtain," my family was allowed by President Mikhail Gorbachev to leave the USSR. We were the first largest family ever permitted to leave the Soviet Union. My family was allowed, with greatest exception, to enter the United States of America. It has been a great honor for our family that America has opened its doors to us and warmly welcomed us into this Great Country, the Land of Freedom. I am very thankful to God and to American Government for this. All Glory to our God! Galina V Andreyev PayPal: [email protected]