Much like Vladimir Lenin, his onetime rival for the leadership of the Bolshevik party during its formative years, Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928) was a visiona

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The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.