The farewell ceremony for Anatoly Kashpirovsky began in Moscow

The farewell ceremony for psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky began in the Great Hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Kashpirovsky died on Saturday at the age of 87.

Hundreds of people came to say goodbye to the psychotherapist. Fans came from different regions of Russia. Among those who came to see Kashpirovsky off on his last journey were his friends, colleagues, and family.

Kashpirovsky was born on August 11, 1939 in the village of Stavnitsa in western Ukraine. The father was a military man, so the family often changed their place of residence. In his youth, the future psychotherapist was fond of weightlifting and wrestling, and became drawn to psychological literature in high school.

In 1962, he received a diploma from the Vinnitsa Medical Institute and worked for about 25 years as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist at the local hospital named after Academician A. I. Yushchenko.