Anatoly Kashpirovsky, Soviet 'TV Healer' Born in Ukraine, Dies at 87

Anatoly Kashpirovsky, Soviet 'TV Healer' Born in Ukraine, Dies at 87 AI

Anatoly Kashpirovsky, the Soviet-era psychotherapist and controversial 'tele‑healer' born in Khmelnytskyi region, has died in Russia at age 87, Kyiv Post reports (Oct. 3, 2026). He became widely known for late-1980s televised 'health sessions' and led Kyiv's Republican Center of Psychotherapy in 1988–89. Kyiv residents may remember Kashpirovsky’s late‑1980s TV sessions and his 1988–89 role running the Republican Center of Psychotherapy in Kyiv.

Kyiv Post reports that Anatoly Kashpirovsky, a Soviet psychotherapist known for televised “health sessions,” died in Russia at age 87. The obituary cites Nastoyashchee Vremya and Ukrinform; Kyiv Post published its item on Oct. 3, 2026.

Kashpirovsky was born in Stavnytsia (now in Khmelnytskyi region) and trained at Vinnytsia Medical Institute. He worked as a psychotherapist in Vinnytsia, served as psychotherapist for the USSR weightlifting team in 1987, and headed the Republican Center of Psychotherapy in Kyiv in 1988–89. His late‑1980s TV sessions drew multi‑million audiences and large public appearances.

The article notes controversies documented over decades: scientific criticism for lack of evidence, a 2006 conviction for illegal medical practice, a 1993 term in the Russian State Duma, and later activity on YouTube from 2020. Kyiv Post’s item summarizes those events from Ukrainian and international reporting.

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