Nikolai Fedorov

Nikolai Fëdorovich Fëdorov (&#1053;&#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1083;&#1072;&#1081; &#1060;&#1105;&#1076;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1074;&#1080;&#1095; &#1060;&#1105;&#1076;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1074;) (1828 - 15 December/28 December, 1906) is a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement. He advocated radical life extension using scientific methods, human immortality and resurrection of dead people.

Feodorov's parents were the Rurikid Prince Gagarin and a captive Circassian woman. He studied at the Richelieu Lyceum in Odessa. From 1854 to 1868, he served as a teacher in various small Russian towns. In 1878, he joined the Rumyantsev Museum stuff as a librarian. Fyodorov oppugned the idea of property on books and ideas and never published a line during his lifetime. His selected articles were published posthumously under the title ""Philosophy of the Common Cause" (also known as "Philosophy of Physical Resurrection").

Fyodorov was a futurist, who theorized about the eventual perfection of the human race and society (ie. utopia), including radical ideas like immortality, revival of the dead, space and ocean colonization. His writings heavily influenced early rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

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 * Cosmic ideas of Nikolay Fedorov