Russian cosmism is a philosophical and cultural
movement that emerged in Russia in the turn
of the 19th and 20th centuries.
== Theory ==
Cosmism entailed a broad theory of natural
philosophy, combining elements of religion
and ethics with a history and philosophy of
the origin, evolution, and future existence
of the cosmos and humankind.
It combined elements from both Eastern and
Western philosophic traditions as well as
from the Russian Orthodox Church.Cosmism was
one of the influences on Proletkult, and after
the October Revolution, the term came to be
applied to "...the poetry of such writers
as Mikhail Gerasimov and Vladimir Kirillov...:
emotional paeans to physical labor, machines,
and the collective of industrial workers ... organized
around the image of the universal 'Proletarian',
who strides forth from the earth to conquer
planets and stars."
This form of cosmism, along with the writings
of Nikolai Fyodorov, was a strong influence
on Andrei Platonov.Many ideas of the Russian
cosmists were later developed by those in
the transhumanist movement.
Victor Skumin argues that the Culture of Health
will play an important role in the creation
of a human spiritual society into the Solar
System.
The Culture of Health is the basic science
about Spiritual Humanity.
It studies the perspectives of harmonious
development of "Spiritual man" and "Spiritual
ethnos" as a conscious creator of the State
of Light into the territory of the Solar System"
(by Skumin).
== Representatives ==
Among the major representatives of Russian
cosmism was Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1828–1903),
an advocate of radical life extension by means
of scientific methods, human immortality,
and resurrection of dead people.In 1881, Russian
revolutionary and rocket pioneer Nikolai Kibalchich
proposed an idea of pulsed rocket propulsion
by combustion of explosives, which was an
early precursor for Project Orion.Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was among the pioneers
of theoretical space exploration and cosmonautics.
In 1903, he published Изслѣдованіе
міровыхъ пространствъ
реактивными приборами
(The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means
of Reactive Devices [Rockets]), the first
serious scientific work on space travel.
Tsiolkovsky believed that colonizing space
would lead to the perfection of the human
race, with immortality and a carefree existence.
He also developed ideas of the "animated atom"
(panpsychism), as well as "radiant mankind".Other
cosmists included Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945),
who developed the notion of noosphere, and
Alexander Chizhevsky (1897–1964), pioneer
of "heliobiology" (study of the sun’s effect
on biology).
A minor planet, 3113 Chizhevskij, discovered
by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
in 1978, is named after him.
== See also ==
== 
Citations ==
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Further reading ==
Art works by Russian cosmism painter XX – XXI
ct.
Catalogue of exhibition 2013.
Roerich museum.
2013.
Retrieved 19 October 2015.
Nikolai Fyodorov: Studien zu Leben, Werk und
Wirkung (Nikolai Fyodorov: Studies to His
Life, Works and His Influence) :by Michael
Hagemeister:(München: Sagner, 1989):ISBN
3-87690-461-7:Originally presented as the
author’s thesis (doctoral) — Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 1989.
Michael Hagemeister: "Russian Cosmism in the
1920s and Today".
In: Bernice G. Rosenthal (ed.): The Occult
in Russian and Soviet Culture (Ithaca, London:
Cornell UP, 1997), pp. 185–202.
Young, George M. The Russian Cosmists: The
Esoteric Futurism of Nikolai Fedorov and His
Followers.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
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== External links ==
R. Djordjevic Russian Cosmism (with the Selective
Bibliography) and its Uprising Effect on the
Development of Space Research (PDF)
Brief overview of Russian philosophy
PHILTAR - Comprehensive web site with links
to texts and resources
Gallery of Russian Thinkers edited by Dmitry
Olshansky
Russian philosophy - entry in the Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Directory of links to Russian philosophers,
mostly in Russian
Tsiolkovsky's Imperative in the 21st Century
Academic paper
Virtual Matchbox Labels Museum - Russian labels
- Space - Page 2 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Historic images
Tsiolkovsky from Russianspaceweb.com
Spaceflight or Extinction: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Excerpts from "The Aims of Astronautics",
The Call of the Cosmos
The Foundations of the Space Age
"Roerich.
The Call Of Cosmic Evolution".
youtube.com.
Retrieved 7 January 2018.
