Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov was born on October 2, 1945 in the village of Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Territory, he was the youngest of six children in a peasant family. The future politician graduated from a vocational school in Taganrog with a degree in mechanics in 1962, then entered the school for working youth.
In 1973, Anpilov graduated from the international department of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. Before and in parallel with his studies, he worked as an assembly mechanic at the Taganrog Combine Harvester Plant and served in the army.
Anpilov joined the CPSU in 1972 and retained his party card. The politician did not leave the party until its liquidation in 1991. Since 1967, he worked as a correspondent for the newspaper “Path of October” in the Beloglinsky district of the Krasnodar Territory, and then, from 1974 to 1978, as a correspondent for the regional newspaper “Leninets” in the Leninsky district of the Moscow region.
Since 1978, Anpilov has been a correspondent and then a political commentator for the Main Editorial Office of Radio Broadcasting to Latin American Countries of the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting (Gosteleradio). During the period of active hostilities between the leftist movement and the opposition in Nicaragua, Anpilov worked in this country as a correspondent for the USSR State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting.
In 1990, Anpilov put forward his candidacy for the elections of people's deputies of the RSFSR in the RSFSR in the Nizhny Novgorod national-territorial district No. 3 (Moscow). He lost this election to TV journalist Vladimir Mukusev.
Anpilov was elected as a deputy of the Moscow City Council of People's Deputies for the Solntsevo district, and was a member of the communist faction "Moscow". In the same 1990, Anpilov founded the newspaper “Molniya” (published from 1992 to 1996). A year later, he initiated the creation of the Labor Moscow movement and the Labor Russia movement.
The politician became known primarily for organizing mass communist demonstrations and protests in Moscow. In 1991, he became the first secretary of the organizing committee of the Moscow Organization of Communists of Russia.
He was a prominent public politician, organizer and active participant in numerous anti-Yeltsin rallies in 1992-1993, at which he called for the overthrow of the regime. Including May 1, 1993, when mass demonstrations led to riots.
In May 1991, Anpilov put forward his candidacy for the post of mayor of Moscow, but was unable to collect the required number of signatures.
In October 1993, Anpilov, together with members of the Labor Russia movement, participated in the defense of the White House. After the defeat he was able to escape, but was later arrested and subsequently released under an amnesty.
In 1995, he ran for the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation on the list of the electoral bloc “Communists - Labor Russia - For Soviet Union“, however, did not get into the Duma - the bloc was unable to overcome the 5% barrier.
In the 1996 presidential elections, Anpilov, on behalf of the Labor Russia movement, supported the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov.
In 1999, he ran for the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation, headed the list of “Stalin's bloc - for the USSR” and again the bloc was unable to overcome the barrier, gaining only 0.61%.
On March 18, 2001, he participated in the by-election of a deputy of the State Duma of the 3rd convocation in the 106th Kolomna single-mandate electoral district. 13% of voters voted for him, but Gennady Gudkov won in this district.
In 2006-2007, he took part in meetings and rallies of the “Other Russia” public movement. Participant of numerous “Dissent Marches”.
In 2007, Anpilov stated that Labor Russia was refusing to cooperate with the Other Russia, organized by Garry Kasparov, Lyudmila Alekseeva and Georgy Satarov with the participation of Mikhail Kasyanov and Eduard Limonov. The reason given was the reluctance to participate in “senseless, unprogrammed, unsystematic actions.”
On February 9, 2012, Viktor Anpilov was registered as a confidant of the Russian presidential candidate, leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In the fall of 2017, the politician supported the candidacy of Pavel Grudinin in the presidential elections from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. On January 7, 2018, on Red Square, Viktor Anpilov was detained by police for a single picket in support of a communist candidate.
Viktor Anpilov wrote two books of memoirs - “Our Struggle” (2002) and “Comprehension of Freedom” (2010).
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Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov
Date of birth: October 2, 1945
Place of birth: Belaya Glina, Krasnodar region, USSR
Citizenship: USSR, Russia
Party: CPSU, “Labor Russia”
Main ideas: communism, socialism, Stalinism
Occupation: journalist, social and political figure
Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov(born October 2, 1945) - Russian public and political figure, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Labor Russia movement.
In 1960 Victor Anpilov received secondary education at Municipal Educational Institution Secondary School No. 9 in the village of Belaya Glina.
From 1964 to 1967 he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR ( rocket troops, Carpathian Military District).
Victor Anpilov Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University (1973). Member of the CPSU since 1972.
After graduating from university, Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov went to work in Cuba as a translator in the Ministry of Merchant Marine. After returning to the USSR, he worked as a translator at the Higher Komsomol School, then in regional newspapers in the Moscow region.
From 1977 to 1984 Victor Anpilov was a commentator for the Main Editorial Board of Radio Broadcasting to Latin American Countries of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 1984-1985 he was a correspondent in Nicaragua, in 1985 he returned to his homeland and again began working at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, from where he left in 1991.
In 1990 Victor Anpilov was elected as a deputy of the Moscow Council from the 401st Solntsevo constituency in Moscow, and became a member of the Moscow faction of communists. In the fall of 1990, he founded the newspaper Molniya, published by the Movement of Communist Initiative.
Victor Anpilov- Participant in the founding congress of the Russian Communist Workers' Party, elected secretary of the Central Committee (1991), head of the Moscow city party committee. In October 1996, he was expelled from the RCRP for attempting to oppose his movement to the party (on the eve of the presidential elections, Anpilov, on behalf of Labor Russia, signed an agreement on joint actions in support of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov.
One of the founders of the socio-political movement “Labor Russia” (1992), chairman of the executive committee. Public politician, organizer and active participant in numerous anti-Yeltsin rallies in 1992-1993, at which he called for the overthrow of the regime.
During the October events of 1993 Victor Anpilov was their active participant on the side of the Supreme Council. Arrested October 7, 1993, but February 26, 1994 Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov released from the Lefortovo detention center in accordance with the decision of the State Duma.
March 18, 2001 Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov participated in the by-election of a State Duma deputy of the 3rd convocation in the 106th Kolomna single-mandate electoral district. 13% of voters voted for him (Gennady Gudkov won in this district).
Mid 2003 Anpilov received an offer from Vladimir Zhirinovsky to enter the top three of the LDPR party list to participate in the 2003 State Duma elections, but later the LDPR leadership abandoned this idea.
In December 2003, the head of Labor Russia Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov announced his intention to submit self-nomination documents to the CEC as a candidate for the post of President of Russia, but later refused to participate in the elections, motivating his decision by “certain events” that are taking place in the camp of Vladimir Putin’s political opponents.
Summer 2005 Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov announced that he would stand as a candidate in the next by-elections to the State Duma. However, as of the end of December 2005, he had not submitted the documents necessary for registration.
In 2006-2007 Victor Anpilov took part in meetings and rallies of the “Other Russia” public movement.
Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov- Participant of the “Dissent Marches”.
Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov, Russian public and political figure, chairman of the Executive Committee of the socio-political movement "Labor Russia", honorary chairman of the movement "Labor Russia", was born on October 2, 1945 in the village of Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Territory.
After graduating from the 8th grade of high school, he entered a vocational school in Taganrog, then went to work at a combine plant and began studying at a school for working youth. Anpilov served in the army (in the missile forces).
In 1968, Anpilov entered Moscow State University at the international department of the Faculty of Journalism. In 1972 he joined the CPSU.
In 1973 he graduated from Moscow State University and went to work in Cuba. Returning to his homeland, he worked at the Higher Komsomol School as a translator, then in regional newspapers in the Moscow region. From 1977 to 1984 he was a commentator for the Main Editorial Board of Radio Broadcasting to Latin American Countries of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
In 1984-1985, Anpilov was a correspondent in Nicaragua, in 1985 he returned to his homeland and again began working for the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Anpilov left there in 1991.
Viktor Anpilov began his political activity in 1990 - he ran for people's deputies of the RSFSR and for the Moscow Soviet. In May 1991, Anpilov put forward his candidacy for the elections of the mayor of Moscow, but did not collect the required number of signatures for registration.
In 1992, Anpilov became one of the main organizers of the Labor Russia movement, and in October of the same year he was elected a member of the Coordination Council and chairman of the movement's executive committee. In 1995, Anpilov ran for parliament State Duma RF. The block he entered did not overcome the 5 percent barrier.
In November 1997, Anpilova's Labor Russia entered into a bloc with the Union of Officers of Stanislav Terekhov and the National Bolshevik Party* of Eduard Limonov. The association was called the “revolutionary radical opposition.”
In March 2001, Anpilov took part in by-elections to the State Duma. In November of the same year, Anpilov ran for election to the Moscow City Duma and lost again.
In 2002, the Ministry of Justice refused to register Trudovaya Rossiya as a political party. In mid-2003, Anpilov received an offer from Vladimir Zhirinovsky to enter the top three of the LDPR party list in the next State Duma elections, but subsequently the LDPR leadership abandoned this idea.
In July 2006, Anpilov took part in the “Other Russia” forum, organized by opposition representatives in opposition to the G8 summit in St. Petersburg.
In 2006-2007, he took part in meetings and rallies of the “Other Russia” public movement. Participant in the Dissent Marches.
On February 4, 2012, Anpilov and party members from Labor Russia came to a rally in support of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. On February 9, Anpilov was officially registered as a confidant of Russian Presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
Russian politician. Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the political movement “Labor Russia”. Public politician, organizer and active participant in numerous rallies. Supported the annexation of Crimea to Russian Federation.
Viktor Anpilov was born on October 2, 1945 in the village of Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Territory. Average secondary school No. 9 graduated in 1960. From 1964 to 1967 he served in the missile forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Carpathian Military District.
After demobilization, he went to Moscow, where he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University. After receiving his diploma, he went to Cuba as a translator at the Ministry of Merchant Marine. After returning to his homeland, he worked as a translator at the Higher Komsomol School, and then at regional newspapers in the Moscow region.
From 1977 to 1984, Anpilov worked as a commentator for the Main Editorial Office of Radio Broadcasting to Latin American Countries of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Until 1985 he was a correspondent in the Republic of Nicaragua. In the same year he returned to Moscow, where he again began working at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Resigned in 1991.
In 1990, Anpilov was elected as a deputy of the Moscow Council from the Solntsevo electoral district No. 401. He ran for the Communist political party "Moscow". In the fall, he founded the free newspaper Molniya, published by the Movement of Communist Initiative.
Viktor Ivanovich took part in the founding congress of the Russian Communist Workers' Party. In 1991, he was elected secretary of the central committee, head of the Moscow city party committee. Five years later, he was expelled from the RCRP for attempting to oppose his movement to the party. On the eve of the presidential elections, on behalf of Labor Russia, he signed an agreement on joint actions in support of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov.
In 1992, Viktor Anpilov was one of the founders of the socio-political movement “Working Russia”. He held the post of Chairman of the Executive Committee. Public politician, organizer and participant in numerous anti-Yeltsin rallies from 1992 to 1993. During the October events of 1993, he acted on the side of the Supreme Council.
In December 2003, Anpilov announced his intention to submit self-nomination documents to the Central Executive Committee as a candidate for the post of President of Russia. Later he refused to participate in the elections. Participated in the “March of Dissent”.
Together with party members from Labor Russia, on February 4, 2012, Anpilov came to a rally in support of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He explained his choice in favor of Vladimir Volfovich as the desire of the presidential candidate to proclaim a Parliamentary Republic.
In 2014, he supported the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation. In the fall of 2017, he came out in support of Pavel Grudinin with the aim of nominating him as a presidential candidate, who was subsequently nominated by the Communist Party of Russia. On January 7, 2018, on the capital’s Red Square, Viktor Anpilov was detained by police for a single picket in support of a communist candidate.
On January 13, 2018, Viktor Ivanovich Anpilov was urgently hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Moscow City Research Institute of Emergency Medicine with a stroke. He was in a coma for two days.
Viktor Anpilov died January 15, 2018 at the age of 72 due to a stroke. He was buried in the Tuapse cemetery in the Krasnodar region.
Family of Viktor Anpilov
Brother - Anatoly Ivanovich.
Wife - Vera Emelyanovna Anpilova (married since 1976).
Daughter - Anastasia, graduated from the Institute foreign languages named after Maurice Thorez.
Son - Sergei.
Born on October 2, 1945 in the village of Belaya Glina, Beloglinsky district, Krasnodar region.
He graduated from eight classes of secondary school No. 9 in the village of Novaya Glina (1960) and vocational school No. 4 in Taganrog with a degree in mechanics (1962).
Graduated in 1964 high school working youth.
Graduated from the international department of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov in 1973
Speaks Spanish (fluent), Portuguese and English languages.
In 1962 - 1964 worked as a mechanic at a combine plant in Taganrog and at the same time studied at an evening school for working youth.
In 1964 - 1967 served in the Armed Forces of the USSR (missile forces, Carpathian Military District).
In 1967-1968 - correspondent for a regional newspaper in Krasnodar region.
In 1968 - 1973 studied at Moscow state university them. M.V. Lomonosov at the international department of the Faculty of Journalism.
In 1972 he joined the CPSU.
In 1973 - 1974 worked as a translator at the Cuban Petroleum Institute in Havana.
In 1974 - 1978 correspondent for a regional newspaper in the Moscow region.
Since 1978, he has been a correspondent for the radio broadcasting office for Latin American countries of the USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting; since 1981, he has been a political commentator.
In 1984-1985 worked as a correspondent for the USSR State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting in Nicaragua.
In 1990, Anpilov was nominated for people's deputies of the RSFSR and for deputies of the Moscow Soviet. He was elected people's deputy of the Moscow City Council. From March 1990 to October 1993 - deputy of the Moscow City Council. In the Moscow Soviet he was a member of the communist faction "Moscow".
Since the fall of 1990 - founder and Chief Editor newspapers "Molniya" (the newspaper is registered in the Moscow City Council).
In 1991 - 1992 was among the main initiators of the creation of a number of pro-communist organizations: the Moscow Workers' Union (summer 1991, from the spring of 1992 - the Moscow Workers' Council), the Labor Moscow movement (October-November 1991), the Labor Russia movement (November-December 1991 ).
In November 1991, he participated in the Yekaterinburg Founding Congress of the RCWP, at which he was elected a member of the Central Committee (at the plenum of the Central Committee of the RCWP in early 1992, he was elected one of the secretaries of the Central Committee).
In 1991-1992, he was the organizer of a number of mass communist demonstrations in Moscow: demonstrations on November 7, 1991, December 12, 1991 - “March of Hungry Lines”, February 9, 1992 - “March to The White house", March 17, 1992 - "National Assembly", from June 12 to 22, 1992 - organizer of a "tent city of protest" in front of the complex of buildings of the state television and radio broadcasting company "Ostankino" under the name "Siege of the Empire of Lies", December 12, 1992 - the new “March of Hungry Lines”.
October 17-18, 1992 at the All-Russian Congress of Workers' and Peasants' Councils, held in Nizhny Novgorod Viktor Anpilov was elected a member of the "shadow workers' and peasants' government."
On October 25, 1992, he organized the founding congress of the Labor Russia movement, at which he was elected a member of the Coordination Council and chairman of the movement’s executive committee. At the beginning of 1993, he created an alternative to Labor Moscow, the Moscow branch of the Labor Russia movement - the Labor Capital movement.
In March 1993, together with his supporters from the RKRP, he took part in the first day of the restoration congress of the Union of Communist Parties - UPC-CPSU.
He was one of the leaders of the communist demonstration that ended in mass unrest on May 1, 1993 in Moscow. On September 21, 1993, after the decree of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on the dissolution of the Supreme Council and the Congress of People's Deputies, he called on his supporters to defend the House of Soviets.
On October 3, 1993, he was one of the organizers of a demonstration called “National Assembly on October Square.” Demonstrators broke through the police cordon and stormed the Moscow City Hall building. On the same night, Anpilov also participated in the attempt to seize the Ostankino television center.
After the introduction of a state of emergency in Moscow, he went into hiding and was arrested on October 7, 1993. Released from the Lefortovo detention center on February 26, 1994, according to the decision of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
During the election campaign to the State Duma of the 6th convocation in the fall of 1995, together with Viktor Tyulkin and Anatoly Kryuchkov, he headed the Central list of the election bloc "Communists - Labor Russia - for the Soviet Union."
At the same time, Anpilov ran for the State Duma in single-mandate constituency No. 156 (Balakovo, Saratov region), where he took third place in the ranking, losing to candidates from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Liberal Democratic Party. In January 1996, the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation registered an initiative group of voters that nominated Viktor Anpilov as a candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation. On March 18, 1996, Anpilov, on behalf of the Labor Russia movement, supported the candidacy single candidate"left and people's patriotic forces" Gennady Zyuganov, without withdrawing his own candidacy.
On March 18, 2001, he participated in the by-election of a State Duma deputy in the 106th Kolomna single-mandate electoral district. 13% of voters voted for him.
