Monk Burns Lenin Portrait in Tbilisi, Shamen Faces State Crackdown
On May 1, 1965, monk Gavriil Urghebadze in Tbilisi doused and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the Supreme Soviet building of the Georgian SSR. In 2019, shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev began a walk from Yakutsk to Moscow to perform an exorcism of the 'demon in the Kremlin,' facing state crackdowns including detention, OMON operations, criminal charges, and ongoing forced psychiatric treatment.
Consensus
- On May 1, 1965 in Tbilisi, monk Gavriil Urghebadze set fire to a 12-meter portrait of Lenin.
- The portrait was located on the building of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR.
- Gavriil Urghebadze was interrogated by the KGB and stated that his only superior was God.
- After three months of investigation, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with 'psychopathic personality'.
- Nearly half a century later, the Georgian Orthodox Church canonized him as a saint.
- In spring 2019, shaman Aleksandr Gabyshyev began a journey from Yakutsk toward Moscow.
- He intended to perform an exorcism to expel the 'demon from the Kremlin'.
- The state responded with nighttime detentions, OMON operations, criminal cases, and forced psychiatric treatment.
- The forced psychiatric treatment is ongoing.
- The project 'Rhymes of History' covers the stories of two mystics who challenged the sacralization of power on different imperial frontiers.
- The practice of using psychiatry against dissenters survived the Soviet Union.
Points of divergence
- Shaman Aleksandr Gabyshyev aimed to expel Putin during his journey to Moscow. — tg_sibrealii
Coverage (7 sources)
- On May 1, 1965, in Tbilisi, monk Gavril Urgebade poured kerosene on and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the building of the Supreme... — Север.Реалии
- On May 1, 1965, in Tbilisi, monk Gavril Urgebade poured kerosene on and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the building of the Supreme... — Север.Реалии
- On May 1, 1965, Hieromonk Gavril Urgebade publicly burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin in Tbilisi, and after decades the shaman Alexander Gabyshev went on foot to Moscow to expel Putin. How did Soviet and Russian authorities respond to mystical protests with punitive psychiatry and why history ruled otherwise - in a new episode of the project "Rifms of History" with Andrey Filimonov. — Север.Реалии
- On May 1, 1965, Hieromonk Gavril Urgebade publicly burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin in Tbilisi, and after decades the shaman Alexander Gabyshev went on foot to Moscow to expel Putin. How did Soviet and Russian authorities respond to mystical protests with punitive psychiatry and why history ruled otherwise - in a new episode of the project "Rifms of History" with Andrey Filimonov. — Сибирь.Реалии
- On May 1, 1965, in Tbilisi, monk Gavril Urgebade poured kerosene on and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the building of the Supreme... — Idel.Реалии
- On May 1, 1965, in Tbilisi, monk Gavril Urgebade poured kerosene on and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the building of the Supreme... — Радио Свобода
- On May 1, 1965, in Tbilisi, monk Gavril Urgebade poured kerosene on and burned a 12-meter portrait of Lenin on the building of the Supreme... — Сибирь.Реалии
Key entities
- Tbilisi
- Lenin
- Gavriil Urgebade
- KGB
- Supreme Council
- Supreme
- Georgian SSR
- Georgian Orthodox Church
- Moscow
- Alexander Gabyshev
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