Biography
For his faith in Jehovah God, a resident of Kursk, Nikolay Kupriyansky, was sent to a penal colony for 6 years. In July 2023, his house was searched, the man was placed in a temporary detention facility, and later under house arrest. Addressing the court with his last plea, he said: "I am charged under a serious article with falsified evidence, or without providing any evidence at all."
Nikolay was born in November 1967 in Kursk. His parents and younger brother are no longer alive.
As a child, Nikolay loved sports—he was engaged in wrestling, shooting, skiing. After school, he graduated from the Oryol Commercial Institute, was engaged in entrepreneurial activities.
In 1985, Nikolay met Tatyana in the theater studio. A year later, they got married. The couple have an adult son and daughter who live separately. Tatyana is a teacher. She is fond of needlework, loves sewing, baking bread, making cheese, as well as cultivating a garden, especially growing strawberries. Nikolay has been fond of playing the guitar since his youth.
In 1997, the Kupriyanskys got acquainted with the Bible, and after 2 years of studying this book, Nikolay and Tatyana decided to become Jehovah's Witnesses.
The criminal prosecution had a negative impact on the health of the spouses. Nikolay's father died during the court hearings. The believer expressed his gratitude to the judge: "You always let me go when I needed to accompany my father to the hospital. Thank you very much for allowing me to bury him in a dignified manner."