Source: Iurii Iur'ev, “Chudo o Evgenii,” Zavtra, No. 46 (311), November 1999: 5.
A Russian soldier during the first Chechen War, Rodionov was captured outside of Grozny and reputedly executed for refusing to renounce his Orthodox faith. His image has since served as the inspiration for several of post-Soviet Orthodoxy's most popular new icons.