Biography
Lyudmila Shut, a widow and disabled person of group II, faced repression for her faith in 2019, when she was 72. First, she was interrogated in the case of a fellow believer and then accused of extremism.
Lyudmila was born in 1947 in the city of Makarov on Sakhalin. At an early age, the girl was left without a father. Growing up, she, as the eldest child in the family, helped her mother take care of her three sisters and brother. In her free time, Lyudmila liked skiing and horseback riding.
After school, the girl went to work, changing several professions during her long working life: she was a turner, milkmaid, foreman of a tractor-field brigade and manager of a state farm, and managed a warehouse. Lyudmila was married, raised three children and became a grandmother.
The woman got acquainted with the Bible in the early 2000s. She was especially moved by Bible prophecies, which have already come true, and God's promises about the future. In December 2003, she became one of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Years later, peaceful Lyudmila had to defend her faith in court. In her final statement, she said: "I have suffered many misfortunes in my life. I can hardly move on crutches, so as not to be a burden to anyone. After the search in my apartment on July 19, 2018, and to this day, I am stressed. My health condition has deteriorated." The youngest daughter, son and friends provided the believer with the necessary support during the criminal prosecution. Lyudmila died in the summer of 2025 because of a heart attack.