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Anatoly Kashpirovsky

b. 1939

Ukrainian psychotherapist, hypnotist and a controversial psychic healer

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Born 1939. Anatoly Kashpirovsky is a Russian and Ukrainian politician, boxer, physician, parapsychologist, hypnotist and psychotherapist.

Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky (, , born 1939) is a Russian psychotherapist of Ukrainian origin who claims to be a hypnotist and a psychic healer. He enjoyed great popularity in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, including work with the Soviet Olympic weight lifting team. Around 2010 he was again performing mass healing rituals in front of large audiences, although he never returned to his former popularity.

Biography Kashpirovsky was born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, USSR. In 1962, Kashpirovsky graduated from the Vinnytsia Medical Institute. After this, he worked for 25 years as a psychiatrist in a psychiatric hospital.

In 1989, he became famous after several of his sessions with patients were shown on Soviet television. Among other things, he was shown to allegedly remove the pain of two patients who remained conscious during abdominal surgery by addressing them by teleconferencing. The first session was shown on 9 October 1989 on the Central Channel of the USSR. The sessions also called for a restored faith in the government and Communism, in an effort to hypnotize viewers into rallying behind the Soviet cause.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Vinnytsia National Medical University. M. I. Pirogov, Vinnytsia National Medical University. N. I. Pirogov
Positions held
Member of the State Duma
Awards
Master of Sport of the USSR; YouTube Creator Awards
Also known as
Anatoly Mikhaylovich Kashpirovsky, Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Anatoly Kashpirovsky's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Anatoly Kashpirovsky?

Ukrainian psychotherapist, hypnotist and a controversial psychic healer

When was Anatoly Kashpirovsky born?

Anatoly Kashpirovsky was born on 11 August 1939 in Stavnytsia.

What is Anatoly Kashpirovsky's occupation?

Anatoly Kashpirovsky is a politician, boxer, physician, parapsychologist, hypnotist and psychotherapist.

What nationality is Anatoly Kashpirovsky?

Anatoly Kashpirovsky is Russian and Ukrainian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anatoly Kashpirovsky

· Wikidata: Q487909

· DBpedia: Anatoly Kashpirovsky

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