Gavriil Ivanovich Mazaev (1858–1937): A Shaper of Siberian Baptist Life

Abstract

The article describes the life and works of G. I. Mazaev (1858–1937), the founder and first chairman of the Siberian Baptist Union. The attractive image of a ‘Protestant saint’, a passionate preacher who converted thousands of people to God, is presented to readers today thanks to the surviving archival documents and numerous testimonies of contemporaries. Deprived of his fortune, freedom, and then life itself under Soviet rule, Mazaev kept his faith to the end.