Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, born on June ninth, eighteen twenty-nine, was a prominent Russian philosopher and a pivotal figure in the realm of library science and education. Known affectionately within his family as Nikolai Pavlovich Gagarin, he was a devout member of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church, though he never took on the role of a clergyman. Fyodorov's intellectual pursuits led him to become a key proponent of Russian cosmism, a movement that laid the groundwork for what would later evolve into transhumanism.
Throughout his life, Fyodorov passionately advocated for radical life extension, physical immortality, and even the resurrection of the dead, all through the lens of scientific inquiry. His visionary ideas earned him the moniker