Peter's great-grandfather. A devout pacifist who led the church in Bereztoche. Dispossessed, repressed in 1937. Rehabilitated in 1965.
Character and faith
Demyan Romanovych was a deeply religious pacifist. He led the church in Bereztoche. His parents were kulaks. He often left for "construction sites of the national economy" across the country, leaving his wife Maria Sviridovna alone with the children.
Civil War
The Petliurists conscripted him — he escaped twice, with a horse. The Red Army conscripted him — he escaped without a horse. "But he increased the wealth of the Kolomiets family by 2 horses" — from the father's stories.
Repression
Imprisoned 1934–1936 for kulak origin (administrative proceedings). Arrested on 7 September 1937. Sentenced by the Special Troika of the Poltava NKVD on 1 November 1937 under article 54-10 part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR (anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda). Sentence — 10 years of imprisonment. In the record he is listed as a "kolhospnyk" (collective farmer), not as a church leader.
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitated by the Poltava Regional Court on 22 April 1965. Source: "Rehabilitated by History", Poltava region, volume 3, page 58.
Other Kolomiets — repressed
Luka Ivanovych Kolomiets (1892) — arrested 2 August 1937, shot on 29 August 1937 in Kharkiv. A probable relative. Ivan Stepanovych Kolomiets (1884) — 8 years. Mykola Arkhypovych Kolomiets (1913) — 20 years.