Biography
Indus Talipov was born in April 1951 in Izhevsk. His parents, who came from a village in Tatarstan, moved there in 1949. They raised four children. My father was a participant in the Second World War, after the end of the war he worked as a steelworker, was a respected man. Mother devoted herself to her family and raising four children.
Since childhood, Indus was engaged in sports—skiing, volleyball, and later became interested in kayak tourism. After school, he worked as a locksmith in a factory, where he was so inspired by the skill of blacksmiths that he decided to master this profession. Indus underwent the necessary training and worked at the anvil for almost 20 years until his retirement.
Talipov studied the Bible on his own, but he had more and more questions, the answers to which could not be found. One of the publications published by Jehovah's Witnesses helped Indus to find strong evidence for the existence of God. In 2009, the man joined this religion.
Talipov spent his entire life in Izhevsk. He is divorced. His adult son works as a truck driver. Indus loves his grandson.
Relatives and friends share the statement of his ex-wife, who described the criminal prosecution of a man on religious grounds as "absurd and injustice."