Biography
Sergey Malyutin was born in the village of Zuevka near Chelyabinsk in a large family — his parents also had four daughters. His father worked as a shepherd and herder, his mother worked in livestock farming for more than 40 years. Sergey's parents and two sisters are no longer alive.
Sergey's childhood was spent outdoors — together with other children he played gorodki and lapta, organized bicycle and horse races, picked mushrooms and berries. From a young age, he helped his parents with chores: he prepared firewood and grazed calves.
While still at school, Sergey qualified as a tractor driver, so after leaving he immediately got a job as a combine operator. Later, he switched to a bulldozer, and eventually became a foreman in livestock farming. Sergey also gained other professions: installing external pipelines and plumbing. Being granted indefinite disability status in 2019, he retired, but retained his hardworking attitude.
From his youth, Sergey thought about how quickly life passes. "The time will come and I will be gone but others will go on living. I couldn't wrap my head around it," he recalls. The Bible hope of the resurrection helped him to look to the future without fear. In 1990, he was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses together with his wife Svetlana and mother-in-law.
The couple have been married since 1986. Svetlana worked as a coil winder at a factory and later as a milkmaid. Sergey likes gardening in his free time and enjoys picking mushrooms and berries in the forest with his wife. He also repairs household appliances in his spare time.
Sergey and Svetlana raised three sons and two daughters. Like the parents, their sons like to work with their hands and relax outdoors. Their daughters have loved animals since childhood and also like reading and embroidering. The family moved to Chelyabinsk so that the children could continue their education after school.
After the search in 2022, Sergey's health began to deteriorate, and his family is worried about him.