Science fiction writer Yuri Nikitin, who died on May 23, bequeathed his body to be frozen for future revival – his widow Lilia Nikitina confirmed intention to perform the cryopreservation procedure and began raising funds for it.

"In his works, he repeatedly addressed the theme of overcoming death through the achievements of the future, believing that science will one day find solutions to problems that are insurmountable today," said Liliya Nikitina, explaining that the conviction in the triumph of human reason over biological limitations became not only a literary theme but also the writer's personal credo.

Since the procedure is expensive, the widow asked readers and her husband's colleagues to help raise money. "This is a way to maintain a living connection with the man whose work inspired thousands of readers," she concluded.

Yuri Nikitin died at the age of 86. He wrote over 40 books, some of them under the pseudonym Gaius Julius Orlovsky. Nikitin is considered one of the founders of Slavic fantasy.

There's a large company in Russia that offers cryopreservation services for the human body or brain after death. The entire procedure costs around 4 million rubles. According to the company, they've already cryopreserved 100 people, including 28 foreign citizens.