Allan Chumak

Allan Chumak was a Soviet faith healer at the height of 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 [ [http://context.themoscowtimes.com/story/140333/ Freak Show] by Brian Droitcour, Moscow Times, February 25, 2005] . At the height of his fame, he had a regular early morning television spot [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1210005.html The Magic Healer Of Soviet TV;ALlan Chumak, and Extrasensory Sensation] , Washington Post, September 4, 1989, David Remnick]

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