Mirolyubov, Yuri Petrovich

Yu. P. Mirolyubov was born on July 30 according to the old style of 1892 in the city of Bakhmut, Ekaterinoslav province, the Russian Empire, in the family of a priest. During the revolution, his father was killed in the dungeons of the Cheka in Kiev . His mother, nee Lyadskaya, who came from a well-known Zaporizhzhya Cossack family, died in Ukraine in 1933 . There were four children in the family: three brothers and a sister. The middle brother, headquarters captain , is killed in a civil war . The elder brother and sister remained after the revolution in their homeland.

The childhood and youth of Yuri Petrovich passed in Ukraine and the Kuban . Having not completed his studies at a religious school, where he was determined at the request of his father, he transferred to a gymnasium, after which he entered Warsaw University . Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Yuri Petrovich transferred to Kiev University , where he studied at the Faculty of Medicine. After declaring war, he volunteered with the rank of ensign going to the front.

In the civil war, he was in the ranks of the armed forces of the Central Council in Kiev, and then went to the Don , where he served in the troops of General Denikin . In 1920, Mirolyubov was evacuated to Egypt , where he managed to get on an expedition bound for Central Africa . Along the way, he falls ill and ends up in a hospital in South Africa . From here, after recovering, he left for India , where he stayed for a very short time and was forced to seek refuge in Turkey . With the assistance of the Russian consul in Istanbul, Mirolyubov in late 1921 obtained permission to move to Prague and study at Prague University , where, like all Russian emigrant students in Czechoslovakia , he received a state scholarship. In 1924, Mirolyubov was forced to leave Prague for political reasons, having obtained the right to reside in Belgium .

In Belgium, he worked as chief chemical engineer at a synthetic glycerin factory. Together with his wife - he married in 1936 - Mirolyubov emigrated in 1954 to the United States . In San Francisco , he edited the Russian magazine Firebird for some time. Having contracted a severe form of arthritis in 1956 , Mirolyubov lost his ability to work, but continued his journalistic and writing activities, which he began while living in Belgium. In 1970, the Mirolyubovs decide to move to Germany , to the wife’s homeland. On the way to Europe, Yuri Petrovich falls ill with pneumonia . In the open ocean on the ship November 6, 1970 he died.

The author of a number of works that, according to his statements, reproduce pagan tales heard by him in childhood, as well as literary texts: short stories and short stories. Yu. P. Mirolyubov wrote many books, short stories, poems and articles that remained unpublished until his death. By selfless efforts, limiting herself in everything, the widow of Yuri Petrovich, who has preserved more than 5,000 pages of the literary heritage of Mirolyubov, has been publishing books written by him one after another since 1974 .

In 1952 , shortly before emigrating to the United States, Mirolyubov informed the editors of the Firebird about the discovery of "ancient tablets," later called the Veles Book , his first publication, he, along with Al. Chickens carried out in 1953-1957. Most researchers believe that the author of the Veles book is Mirolyubov.

1. Grandma's Chest. Storybook. 1974. 175 p. (Year of writing 1952.)
2. Motherland ... Poems. 1977.190 p. (Year of writing 1952)
3. Prabkino teaching. Storybook. 1977.112 p. (Year of writing 1952.)
4. Rig Veda and Paganism. 1981. 264 p. (Year of writing 1952.)
5. Russian pagan folklore. Essays on life and customs. 1982. 312 p. (Year of writing 1953.)
6. Russian mythology. Essays and materials. (Year of writing 1954.) 1982. 296 pp.
7. Materials for the prehistory of Rusov. 1983. 212 p. (Year of writing 1967.)
8. Russian Christian folklore. Orthodox legends. 1983. (Year of writing 1954.) 280 pp.
9. Slavic-Russian folklore. 1984. 160 p. (Year of writing 1960.)
10. Folklore in the south of Russia. 1985. 181 p. (Year of writing 1960.)
11. Slavs in the Carpathians. Criticism of "Normanism." 1986. 185 pp. (Year of writing 1960.)
12. About Prince Kie, the founder of Kievan Rus. 1987. 95 pp. (Year of writing 1960.)
13. The formation of Kievan Rus and its statehood. (Times before Prince Kiy and after him). 1987. 120 p. (+ Young Guard, No. 7, 1993)
14. Background Slavic-Rusov. 1988.188 p.
15. Additional materials to the prehistory of Rusov. 1989.154 p.
16. Tales of Zakharikha. 1990.222 p.
17. Materials for the history of the Far-Western Slavs. 1991
18. Gogol and the revolution. 1992
19. Russian calendar. 1992
20. Dostoevsky and the revolution. 1979
21. The Tale of Svyatoslav Horob Prince of Kiev. Poem. In 2 book., Book. 1.1986. 1, 544 s. (Year of writing 1947.)
22. The Tale of Svyatoslav Horob Prince of Kiev. Poem. In 2 book., Book. 2. 408 since 1986 (Year of writing 1947.)

• Mirolyubov Yu. P. Sacral Rus: Collected Works: 2 vols. - Moscow, publishing house ADE "Golden Age":

• T. 1, 1996: The Rig Veda and Paganism . Russian pagan folklore. Essays on life and customs . Materials for the prehistory of Russ .
• T. 2, 1998: Russian mythology. Essays and materials . Russian Christian folklore. Orthodox legends . Slavic-Russian folklore

• Reznikov K. Yu. Russian history: myths and facts. From the birth of the Slavs to the conquest of Siberia . - M .: Veche, 2012 .-- 468 p. - ISBN 978-5-9533-6572-7 .