Biography
Nadezhda Korochko is a peaceful pensioner from Mykolaivsk-on-Amur. In the fall of 2021, security forces searched her home. Because of the talk about God, the believer was suspected of extremist activity.
Nadezhda was born in August 1943 in the town of Shakhty (Rostov Region). Her father worked as a machinist, and her mother ran a household. The family had 9 children: 3 girls and 6 boys. Due to financial difficulties, the family was forced to move to Okhotsk (Khabarovsk Territory). Nadezhda’s parents, six brothers, as well as one sister are no longer alive.
As a child, Nadezhda was fond of sports: gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, skiing. She loved to draw and go fishing with her father.
Nadezhda graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Water Transport Engineers with a specialization in hydraulic engineering of waterways and ports. She worked as the chief accountant of the Mobile Mechanized Column in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. In 1990, she was invited to Khabarovsk in the construction department. In 1994, Nadezhda had a heart attack, after which she returned to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. There, until 2021, she worked as an accountant for private entrepreneurs.
Nadezhda still enjoys fishing, even in winter. She is fond of knitting and, despite her age, still goes in for sports to keep fit.
Nadezhda was a believer. She recalls: “I rode a tram and faced violence there. When I left, I turned to God: 'Why do you allow all this to happen?'” Soon after this incident, Nadezhda began to get to know the Bible better and found answers to this and other questions in it. She was so impressed by the high moral standards and laws set out in this book that she firmly decided to live by them. This was in 1996.
Nadezhda was married twice. With her second husband, they raised four children — Nadezhda's daughter from her first marriage, two children of her husband and a common daughter. The head of the family worked as a neurologist, taught at a medical school. In 1988 he was gone.
Due to the criminal prosecution, Nadezhda's health deteriorated. She noted: "Before the criminal prosecution, I had a hypertensive crisis, and the searches and interrogations worsened my health." Thanks to the help of her children and friends, her condition returned to normal to some extent. Children do not share Nadezhda's religious views, but they support her in every possible way.