Vladimir Nikolaevich Osipov was a Russian writer who founded the Soviet samizdat journal Veche.
10 Facts About Vladimir Osipov
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Vladimir Osipov was born on 9 August 1938 in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast.
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Vladimir Osipov entered studies at the History faculty of Moscow State University.
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Vladimir Osipov was expelled in 1959 for protesting the arrest of Anatoly Ivanov, a fellow student, but was able to finish his studies at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute in 1960.
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In 1961, Vladimir Osipov was sentenced to seven years in strict-regime labour camps for "Anti-Soviet propaganda".
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Vladimir Osipov was released in 1968 and managed to find work as a fireman.
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The journal was to be a "Russian patriotic journal" that followed the tradition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Slavophiles, taking what Vladimir Osipov called a "Russophile" position.
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Vladimir Osipov edited the samizdat journal Zemlia in 1974, with a more religious orientation.
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In 1974, Vladimir Osipov was arrested, tried, and sentenced to a second term for engaging in "anti-Soviet propaganda".
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Vladimir Osipov took part in the defence of the parliament during the attempted hard-line coup against Gorbachev in August 1991.