Gaytur Anastasiya

Biography

In 1949, Anastasia Gaytur grandparents and their families were exiled to Siberia because of their faith in Jehovah God. In the spring of 2024, a few months after her father, Aleksandr, the girl herself was persecuted for her beliefs.

Anastasia was born in February 1996 in the city of Petukhovo (Kurgan region). She has an elder brother and sister. Her father worked as a builder all his life, and her mother was a housewife. During her school years, Anastasia attended a handicraft group. She loved animals, so she spent a lot of time caring for them and playing.

Anastasia received her profession at the Kurgan Technical School of Service and Technology, where she studied to be a hairdresser. The girl also graduated from manicure master courses. She worked as a hairdresser, administrator in a grooming studio and cleaning specialist.

In her free time, Anastasia likes to read books of different genres and play volleyball. She enjoys hiking and cycling. Anastasia continues to acquire new skills: she draws from video lessons, learns to play the guitar, bakes homemade sourdough bread.

"Since childhood, I knew biblical truths and could not imagine life without God. He was always real to me," the girl said. "As a teenager, I tried to read and understand the Bible on my own."

The stress caused by the criminal prosecution negatively affected Anastasiya's health, which is why she needed medical attention. The believer was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list, her bank cards were blocked, so every month she must write an application to the bank to receive her salary.

It is painful for family members, especially parents, to see the injustice their loved one faces.