Biography
The life of Maksim Derendyaev and his wife was divided into "before" and "after" when a criminal case was initiated against the believer on charges of extremism. A search was conducted at their home, Maksim was arrested, and as a result, he lost his job. Later, the court sentenced him to imprisonment. In total, the believer spent about 2.5 years behind bars and was released in the fall of 2026.
Maksim was born in November 1985 in Izhevsk. He is the only child in the family. His parents divorced when the boy was 10.
As a child, Maksim was engaged in ballroom dancing and was fond of aquariums. He often spent summers in the village with his grandparents, where he fished, played football, swam in the river, picked mushrooms and berries in the forest, and helped his grandfather in haymaking.
After school, Maksim graduated from the Lyceum, where he received the specialty of an electrician for the repair and maintenance of electrical equipment. For some time he worked in the field of construction, and then as an electrician in the center of tourism and crafts, the agricultural academy, the technical school, from where he was dismissed due to criminal prosecution. Recently, he has been working as an emergency electrician in the housing and communal services sector.
Maksim became interested in Bible teachings with his mother. He liked how warm believers treat each other, as well as their kindness and responsiveness. In the summer of 2000, she and her mother embarked on the Christian path.
In 2015, Maksim married Tatyana, who shares his views on life. She works as a manicurist, is fond of sewing, drawing, modeling from polymer clay, and cooking. Maksim has versatile hobbies: he likes to play table tennis, listen to orchestral music, blues, and jazz. He also grows hot peppers at home. The couple love to go hiking in the picturesque places of Russia, read and cook together.
Maksim's relatives and friends are genuinely perplexed by what happened: they know the believer well and are sure that he could not have done anything related to extremism.