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{{Short description|Russian faith healer (1949–2015)}}
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'''Eugenia "Juna" Yuvashevna Davitashvili '''(Georgian: ევგენია ''ჯუნა'' დავითაშვილი; 22 July 1949 – 8 June 2015) was a [[Russians|Russian]] [[faith healer]] of Assyrian<ref>Я из глубокой провинции, из станицы "Ассирийка на Кубани" [http://bibliotekar.ru/encKat/3-26.htm] [http://www.c-cafe.ru/days/bio/23/024_23.php]</ref> descent who claimed the power to cure [[cancer]], knit broken bodies, and prolong life beyond 100 years.<ref name="MWJournal">{{cite news |url= http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19820424&id=GFIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1SkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2555,2272899 |title= Even Russia turns up a faith healer |date= 24 April 1982 |newspaper= [[The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel#Milwaukee Journal|The Milwaukee Journal]] |accessdate=27 January 2010 |via= [[Google News]]}}</ref> She took her Georgian-language surname from her former husband.
[[File:Djuna-Davitashvili.jpg|thumb|Djuna]]
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'''Eugenia Yuvashevna Davitashvili''', known as Djuna or Dzhuna<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2015/06/08/famed-russian-faith-healer-dzhuna-davitashvili-dies-in-moscow-a47230|author=Tetrault-Farber, Gabrielle|title=Famed Russian Faith Healer Dzhuna Davitashvili Dies in Moscow|work=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=8 June 2015|accessdate=28 June 2019}}</ref> (Georgian: ევგენია ''ჯუნა'' დავითაშვილი; Russian: Евге́ния Юва́шевна Давиташви́ли; née Sardis; 22 July 1949 – 8 June 2015) was a [[Russians|Russian]] [[faith healer]], writer, painter and public figure of [[Iranian Assyrian]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rferl.org/amp/soviet-healer-rasputin-dies-at-65/27060565.html | title=Soviet 'Rasputin' Dies at 65 in Moscow }}</ref><ref>Я из глубокой провинции, из станицы "Ассирийка на Кубани" [http://bibliotekar.ru/encKat/3-26.htm Part II: Furure Sears and Prophets – Dzhuna] [http://www.c-cafe.ru/days/bio/23/024_23.php "Целительница Брежнева" Джуна Давиташвили] [Brezhnev's Healer: Dzhuna Davitashvili]</ref> descent who positioned herself as a healer, claiming the power to cure [[cancer]], knit broken bodies, and prolong life beyond 100 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19820424&id=GFIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1SkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2555,2272899|title=Even Russia turns up a faith healer|date=24 April 1982|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel#Milwaukee Journal|The Milwaukee Journal]]|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429075609/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19820424&id=GFIaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1SkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2555,2272899|url-status=dead}}</ref> She took her Georgian surname from her former husband.


== Politics ==
==Politics==
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In 1995, she participated in the [[1995 Russian legislative election|Russian legislative election]] as the head of the Juna Davitashvili Bloc. Her 0.47% of votes were not enough to give her any seat in the [[State Duma]].


==Experiments==
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In 1995, she participated in the [[Russian legislative election, 1995|Russian legislative election]] at the head of the Juna Davitashvili Bloc. Her 0.47% of votes were not enough to give her any seat in the [[State Duma]].
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In 1983 and 1984, [[physicist]] and psi researcher, [[Russell Targ]], his daughter [[Elisabeth Targ]], and Keith Harary visited the [[Soviet Union]] as guests of the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]]. In Moscow they were able to discuss [[remote viewing]] research with Russian scientists, visit psychics, including Davitashvili, and allegedly even carry out with her some remote viewing experiments between [[Moscow]] and [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Anderson, Ian|date=22 November 1984|title=Strange case of the psychic 'spy'|journal=New Scientist|issue=1431|pages=3–4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Mind Race: Understanding and Using Psychic Abilities|author=Targ, Russell|author-link=Russell Targ|author2=Harary, Keith|year=1984|publisher=Villard Books|location=New York|isbn=9780394533568}}</ref>


== Experiments ==
==Death==
Davitashvili died in Moscow on 8 June 2015, two days after she fell into a coma, according to her close friend and actor [[Stanislav Sadalsky]]. She was buried next to her son, who died in 2001.


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==See also==
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In 1983 and 1984, [[physicist]] and psi researcher, [[Russell Targ]], his daughter [[Elisabeth Targ]], and Keith Harary visited the [[Soviet Union]] as guests of the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]]. In Moscow they were able to discuss remote viewing research with Russian scientists, visit psychics, including Davitashvili, and allegedly even carry out some remote viewing experiments between [[Moscow]] and [[San Francisco]].<ref name="targ">
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*[[Baba Vanga]]
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== Death ==
==References==
Davitashvili died in Moscow on 8 June 2015, after two days in a coma, according to actor [[Stanislav Sadalsky]]. He said she had problems with blood circulation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2015/06/08/djuna/|title=Умерла целительница Джуна|publisher=[[Lenta.ru]]|date=8 June 2015|accessdate=8 June 2015|language=Russian}}</ref>

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== See also ==
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* [[Baba Vanga]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://djuna.ru/}}
*{{Official website|http://djuna.ru/}}

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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->

| NAME = Davitashvilli, Eugenia
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Davitashvili, Juna (nickname); Davitashvilli, Yevgeniya (alternate spelling)
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Russian faith healing
| DATE OF BIRTH = 22 July 1949
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Urmia, Krasnodar, Russia
| DATE OF DEATH = 8 June 2015
| PLACE OF DEATH = Moscow, Russia
}}
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Djuna

Eugenia Yuvashevna Davitashvili, known as Djuna or Dzhuna[1] (Georgian: ევგენია ჯუნა დავითაშვილი; Russian: Евге́ния Юва́шевна Давиташви́ли; née Sardis; 22 July 1949 – 8 June 2015) was a Russian faith healer, writer, painter and public figure of Iranian Assyrian[2][3] descent who positioned herself as a healer, claiming the power to cure cancer, knit broken bodies, and prolong life beyond 100 years.[4] She took her Georgian surname from her former husband.

Politics

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In 1995, she participated in the Russian legislative election as the head of the Juna Davitashvili Bloc. Her 0.47% of votes were not enough to give her any seat in the State Duma.

Experiments

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In 1983 and 1984, physicist and psi researcher, Russell Targ, his daughter Elisabeth Targ, and Keith Harary visited the Soviet Union as guests of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In Moscow they were able to discuss remote viewing research with Russian scientists, visit psychics, including Davitashvili, and allegedly even carry out with her some remote viewing experiments between Moscow and San Francisco.[5][6]

Death

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Davitashvili died in Moscow on 8 June 2015, two days after she fell into a coma, according to her close friend and actor Stanislav Sadalsky. She was buried next to her son, who died in 2001.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tetrault-Farber, Gabrielle (8 June 2015). "Famed Russian Faith Healer Dzhuna Davitashvili Dies in Moscow". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Soviet 'Rasputin' Dies at 65 in Moscow".
  3. ^ Я из глубокой провинции, из станицы "Ассирийка на Кубани" Part II: Furure Sears and Prophets – Dzhuna "Целительница Брежнева" Джуна Давиташвили [Brezhnev's Healer: Dzhuna Davitashvili]
  4. ^ "Even Russia turns up a faith healer". The Milwaukee Journal. 24 April 1982. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  5. ^ Anderson, Ian (22 November 1984). "Strange case of the psychic 'spy'". New Scientist (1431): 3–4.
  6. ^ Targ, Russell; Harary, Keith (1984). The Mind Race: Understanding and Using Psychic Abilities. New York: Villard Books. ISBN 9780394533568.
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