What is Allan Chumak?
[[File:Allan Chumak 2015.jpg|thumb|Allan Chumak in 2015]] '''Allan Vladimirovich Chumak''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: А́ллан Влади́мирович Чума́к, 26 May 1935 – 9 October 2017) was a [[Russians|Russian]] [[faith healer]]. He was born in [[Moscow]]. Chumak became well known at the height of [[Mikhail Gorbachev|Gorbachev]]'s [[Perestroika]]. When he appeared on television, his fans would hold jars of water next to their televisions in the hope that the water would be able to cure disease.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050404000819/http://context.themoscowtimes.com/story/140333/ Freak Show] by Brian Droitcour, [[Moscow Times]], February 25, 2005</ref> At the height of his fame, he had a regular early morning television spot.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1210005.html The Magic Healer Of Soviet TV;ALlan Chumak, and Extrasensory Sensation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516155004/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1210005.html |date=2011-05-16 }}, [[Washington Post]], September 4, 1989, David Remnick</ref> Chumak died in Moscow on 9 October 2017 at the age of 82.<ref>[https://comments.ua/society/597781-umer-tselitel-allan-chumak.html Умер целитель Аллан Чумак] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chumak, Allan}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Moscow]]