Valery Yemelyanov
Valery Yemelyanov | |
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Валерий Емельянов | |
| Born | 24 May 1929 |
| Died | 9 May 1999 (aged 69) |
| Other names | Velemir (Russian: Велемир) |
| Citizenship | Soviet, Russian |
| Education | Candidate of Economic Sciences (defended his dissertation at the Higher Party School) |
| Alma mater | Institute 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 party | CPSU, Pamyat (member), World Anti-Zionist and Anti-Masonic Front (VASAMF) "Pamyat" (founder) |
| Movement | Slavic 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", which was part of the Russian nationalist movement in the USSR, which became known as the "Russian party". He was one of the founders of Russian neo-paganism, a representative of the "first wave" of the Russian neo-pagan movement, 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) and author of the books Dezionization and Jewish Nazism and the Asiatic Mode of Production. He was one of the most notable "anti-Zionists" in the Soviet Union.