Vladimir Osipo Publicist, public figure, politician. Date of Birth: 09.08.1938 Country: Russia

1. Early Life and Education
2. Political Activism and Imprisonment
3. Post-Imprisonment Activism and Publications
4. Christian Patriotism and Political Leadership
5. Recognition and Publications

Early Life and Education

Born in a family of rural teachers, Yury Osipov was baptized in 1944 in the town of Pugachev, Saratov Oblast, while his family was evacuated during World War II. He graduated from high school in Slantsy in 1955 and enrolled in the History Department of Moscow State University the same year.

Political Activism and Imprisonment

Osipov joined the Communist Youth League (Komsomol) but was expelled from both the institute and the Komsomol for supporting a classmate, A. M. Ivanov, who had been arrested by the KGB. He completed his studies part-time while working as a history teacher at School No. 727 in Moscow.

In 1960-1961, Osipov was involved in organizing youth gatherings at the Vladimir Mayakovsky monument in Moscow. For his involvement, he was arrested on October 6, 1961, and convicted by the Moscow City Court on February 9, 1962, under Article 70 Part 1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code ("Anti-Soviet Agitation and Propaganda"). He served time in Dubravlag prison camp (Mordovia) from 1962 to 1968, where he claimed to have become "a convinced Orthodox monarchist and Russian nationalist."

Post-Imprisonment Activism and Publications

After his release in October 1968, Osipov worked at a railway carriage factory in Kalinin (now Tver), later as a loader at a cotton mill in Srunino, Vladimir Oblast, and as a firefighter in Alexandrov, Vladimir Oblast. From 1971 to 1974, he published the typewritten journal "Veche," which had an Orthodox-patriotic orientation and a circulation of 50-100 copies. His arrest on November 28, 1974, and subsequent conviction by the Vladimir Oblast Court on September 26, 1975, under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code resulted from the journal being deemed "anti-Soviet" by KGB chief Yu. V. Andropov. He refused to acknowledge guilt and spent the years 1975-1982 in political prisoner camps in Dubravlag, protesting against the camp administration's tyranny.

Christian Patriotism and Political Leadership

Upon his release in November 1982, Osipov worked at the Tarusa Experimental Artistic Handicrafts Factory in Kaluga Oblast, where he was under strict administrative supervision for three years. In 1987, he began publishing the Orthodox-patriotic journal "Zemlya." In 1988, he established the group "For the Spiritual and Biological Liberation of the People," which became the basis for the "Christian Patriotic Union" founded on December 17, 1988. In January 1990, it was renamed the Union "Christian Revival," which Osipov has led to this day (2006).

Recognition and Publications

Osipov was fully rehabilitated in 1991 and has lived in Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, since then. He joined the Union of Russian Writers in 1994 and has authored three books of publicistic works. Osipov is married and has a son and a daughter.