Valery Yemelyanov

Valery Yemelyanov
Валерий Емельянов
Born(1929-05-24)24 May 1929
Died9 May 1999(1999-05-09) (aged 69)
Other namesVelemir (Russian: Велемир)
CitizenshipSoviet, Russian
EducationCandidate of Economic Sciences (defended his dissertation at the Higher Party School)
Alma materInstitute of Oriental Languages, Moscow State University
Occupation(s)lecturer at the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages, the Higher Party School, and other universities; one of the founders of Russian neo-paganism
Political partyCPSU, Pamyat (member), World Anti-Zionist and Anti-Masonic Front (VASAMF) "Pamyat" (founder)
MovementSlavic neopaganism, antisemitism

Valery Nikolayevich Yemelyanov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Емельянов; 24 May 1929 – 9 May 1999) was a Soviet-Russian Arabist and public figure, teacher of Arabic and Hebrew, and candidate of economic sciences.

Yemelyanov was a member of the so-called "anti-Zionist circle [ru]", which was part of the Russian nationalist movement in the USSR, which became known as the "Russian party [ru]".[1] He was one of the founders of Russian neo-paganism,[2] a representative of the "first wave" of the Russian neo-pagan movement,[3] the creator of a pseudo-historical concept of the ancient civilization of the "Aryo-Veneti", and an author of antisemitic ideas. He was the founder and chairman of World Anti-Zionist and Anti-Masonic Front (VASAMF) "Pamyat" (the neo-pagan wing of the far-right Pamyat society)[4] and author of the books Dezionization[5] and Jewish Nazism and the Asiatic Mode of Production. He was one of the most notable "anti-Zionists" in the Soviet Union.[6]

  1. ^ Mitrokhin 2013, p. 216.
  2. ^ Klejn 2004, p. 113.
  3. ^ Shizhensky 2009, p. 250-256.
  4. ^ Reznik 1991.
  5. ^ Schnirelmann 2015, p. 224, 250, 277.
  6. ^ Mitrokhin 2013, p. 229.