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Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Богда́нов; born Alyaksandr Malinovsky, Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Алякса́ндравіч Маліно́ўскі) (22 August 1873 [O.S. 10 August] –7 April 1928) was a Russian and Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and revolutionary of Belarusian ethnicity.
Biography
He was a key figure in the early history of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, being one of its co-founders and a rival to Vladimir Lenin until being expelled in 1909.
In the first decade of the Soviet Union, he was an influential opponent of the government from a Marxist perspective.
Bogdanov received training in medicine and psychiatry.
His scientific interests ranged from systems theory to the possibility of human rejuvenation through blood transfusion.
He invented an original philosophy called tectology, now regarded as a forerunner of systems theory.
See also
Philosopher Physician Revolutionary Science fiction writer
