It is known that he also had an older brother, Alexander (with whom he was brought up and educated together until 1851) and three sisters. As the illegitimate son of Prince Pavel Ivanovich Gagarin (1798-1872) he received the surname of his godfather. He was born on May 26 (June 7), 1829 in the village of Klyuchi, Tambov Province (now Sasovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia). With the help of science, he intended to gather scattered molecules and atoms to "put them into the bodies of the fathers".įyodorov gave science a place next to art and religion in the Common Task of uniting humanity, including the dead, who must in the future be reunited with the living. He dreamed of resurrecting people, not wanting to be reconciled to the death of even one person. He was called the " Socrates of Moscow." He was referred to with respect and admiration by L.N. įyodorov advocated radical life extension, physical immortality and even resurrection of the dead, using scientific methods. He started the movement of Russian cosmism which was a precursor of transhumanism. Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov ( Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Фёдоров surname also Anglicized as "Fedorov", June 9, 1829, Elatomsk District, Tambov Province – Decem), known in his family as Nikolai Pavlovich Gagarin was a Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, religious thinker and futurologist, library science figure and an innovative educator.
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