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Uzbekistan Honors Jersey Couple for Sheltering Soviet Escapee

5/6/2026

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Uzbekistan will award Order of Friendship to John and Phyllis Le Breton for sheltering Soviet escapee Bokejon Akramov.
BBC researchers identified Akramov, who hid with the Le Bretons in Jersey, facilitating his reunion with relatives via a video call after meeting his grandson Shamsiddin Ahunbayev in Namangan.
After Jersey’s liberation in May 1945, Akramov was repatriated, sent to filtration camps, remaining a gardener until his 1996 death.

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Uzbekistan will award Order of Friendship to John and Phyllis Le Breton for sheltering Soviet escapee Bokejon Akramov.
BBC researchers identified Akramov, who hid with the Le Bretons in Jersey, facilitating his reunion with relatives via a video call after meeting his grandson Shamsiddin Ahunbayev in Namangan.
After Jersey’s liberation in May 1945, Akramov was repatriated, sent to filtration camps, remaining a gardener until his 1996 death.