DURING the last years of his life, my great - uncle Nikolai Dubovinsky compiled a record of his experiences ​ — both joyful and anxious — ​ in a life of dedicated service to Jehovah, much of it during the ban in the former Soviet Union.
اکثر سال‌های خدمتِ وفادارانهٔ او طی دورانی بود که فعالیت شاهدان یَهُوَه در اتحاد جماهیر شوروی سابق ممنوع بود .‏