Tula, Russia
Gennadi Konstantinovich Kryuchkov (, 20 October 1926, Stalingrad, Soviet Union - 15 July 2007, Tula, Russia) was a Russian leader of the Baptist church in the Soviet Union. He was pursued by the KGB for over 25 years, and was described in his obituary in "The Independent" as "one of the most extraordinary of the Soviet Union's religious leaders in the post-Stalin era".