Peter Deyneka was visiting Quito in early 1941 when he made the first 16 Russian language programs as a test for HCJB. Encouraged by the initial response, Peter and his staff at the Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) in Chicago began recording Russian programs that they sent for broadcast from Quito.
The first regular Russian broadcast using these recordings took place on June 22, 1941. This was the very same day that Adolf Hitler’s armies invaded the Soviet Union.
Elizabeth Zernov came to Quito from the SGA in 1943. She prepared programs with Constantine Lewshenia, a SGA broadcaster at HCJB who she later married. Their broadcasts had lasting impact on people in the Soviet Union. “You were our bread” said one long-time listener who cried when she met Elizabeth.
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