Udalova, Valeria Viktorovna

She was born on May 23, 1960 in Ust-Kamchatsk , during and in the tsunami zone on May 23, 1960 ^[3] in the coastal village of RKZ-66 ^[4] in Kamchatka . The tsunami was caused by the Great Chilean earthquake .

Maiden name - Kiyanova, surname in 1984 - Ilyina.

In 1984 she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology , Department of Management and Applied Mathematics, majoring in Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics.

Valeria Pride is the author of the fantasy Cauda Draconis novel, whose heroes seek immortality. The novel was written in 2002, published in samizdat.

In 2005, she participated in the creation of the Russian transhumanist movement , and in 2006 - the firm KrioRus . Member of the Coordinating Council of the Russian Transhumanist Movement. Actively appears in the media with articles on futurology, transhumanism , cryonics , immortalism .

In autumn 2006, Valeria Pride was one of the first among Russian scientists to raise the issue of creating a nanoassembler , speaking at the international forum "Projects of the Future" with a report "Nanoassembler as a priority national mega-project of Russia" ^[5] .

In 2007, Valeria Pride held a round table "The Impact of Science on the Political Situation in Russia: A Look into the Future" in the State Duma of the Russian Federation ^[6] .

In January 2008, Valeria Pride subjected her 15-year-old domestic dog, suffering from cancer and suffered a stroke, to cryonymization ^[7] .

In 2008, Pride recorded a unique video lecture course “Human Modification in the 21st Century” on SSU TV . In May of that year, Valeria Pride participated as a visiting expert in the federal project “ Russian House of the Future ”. In 2008 and 2009, she worked as a scientific consultant to the Science for Life Extension Foundation .

Since October 2008, she has been combining work at KrioRus with research work in the project Systematic Scheme of Human Aging .

In July 2009, she headed the only Russian cryocompany KrioRus operating outside the United States.

Mother of three children, including Daria Khalturina .

Scientific work

• Cryonics and medicine // Valeria Pride, co-authored with Igor Artyukhov, Danila Medvedev, Evgeny Shumilov. journal “Medical practice. Organizational and legal aspects ”/ Sergiy Antonov. - Kiev, Ukraine, 2010 .-- T. 4 . - S. 104-109 . .
• Socio-philosophical aspects of nanomedicine: prospects, problems, risks // “Philosophical Sciences” , No. 11, 2009, p. 5-28, in collaboration with H. E. Marinosyan, V. I. Arshinov, G. B. Stepanova, V. G. Gorokhov, E. I. Yaroslavtseva
• The phenomenon of NBIC convergence: Reality and expectations // "Philosophical Sciences" , No. 1, 2008, pp. 97-117, in collaboration with D. A. Medvedev
• Intelligence as a factor in evolutionary development // New technologies and the continuation of human evolution? Transhumanistic project of the future / Valeria Pride, A.V. Korotaev . - M .: LCI , 2008 .-- S. 16-30. - 315 p. - ISBN 978-5-382-00795-3 .
• Increasing life expectancy: social changes, forecasts // New technologies and the continuation of human evolution? Transhumanistic project of the future / Valeria Pride, A.V. Korotaev . - M .: LKI, 2008 .-- S. 85-111. - 315 p. - ISBN 978-5-382-00795-3 .
• The influence of high technology on the course of globalization: hopes and fears // New technologies and the continuation of human evolution? Transhumanistic project of the future / Valeria Pride, A.V. Korotaev . - M .: LCI, 2008 .-- S. 122-147. - 315 p. - ISBN 978-5-382-00795-3 . . In collaboration with Kosarev V.V.
• Scientific and organizational prospects for increasing life expectancy // Materials of the VII All-Russian Congress "Profession and Health". Moscow, November 25-27, 2008 / Antonov D.P. - M .: Grafikon, 2008 .-- S. 626-628. - 656 p. - ISBN 978-5-7164-0604-9 . .
• The problem of changing the biological appearance of a person in the works of K. E. Tsiolkovsky // Valeria Pride (V.V. Udalova). K. E. Tsiolkovsky: a study of scientific heritage: materials of the XLIII scientific readings in memory of K. E. Tsiolkovsky / N. G. Belova, G. A. Sergeev, S. A. Sokolov. - Kaluga: Eidos, 2008 .-- S. 213-215. - 349 p. - ISBN 978-5-902948-10-0 . .
• On the continuity of the ideas of cosmism and transhumanism // Valeria Pride (V.V. Udalova). Materials of the XLII scientific readings in memory of K. E. Tsiolkovsky / N. G. Belov, G. A. Sergeev, S. A. Sokolov. - Kaluga: Eidos, 2007 .-- S. 158-159. - 294 p. - ISBN 978-5-902948-10-0 . .
• The problem of the human future: universal evolutionism or directed self-development? // Valeria Pride (V.V. Udalova). Materials of the XLII scientific readings in memory of K. E. Tsiolkovsky / N. G. Belov, G. A. Sergeev, S. A. Sokolov. - Kaluga: Eidos, 2007. - S. 160-162. - 294 p. - ISBN 978-5-902948-10-0 . . In collaboration with D. A. Medvedev
• Nanoassembler as a priority national mega-project of Russia - abstracts at the International Forum "Projects of the Future: An Interdisciplinary Approach", October 16-19, 2006, author - Valeria Pride (V.V. Udalova), Zvenigorod, Moscow Region

Journalism by Valeria Pride

• Stem cells: an instruction manual // Gentl's Magazine, No. 2, 2013 - on stem cell treatment.
• What Genes Can Tell About // Gentl's Magazine, No. 1 (02), 2013. P. 84-89
• Transhumanism - the road to the future // Journal "Scientific Council", No. 2/2013, S. 37-39 - on the worldview of transhumanism and the projects of the Russian transhumanist movement.
• Human genome // Journal “Private inFlight”, No. 3 (13), 2012 - on the possibilities of genotyping at the present stage.
• Print my heart // Private inFlight Magazine, No. 2 (11), 2012 - Organ Growth Using Cellular Technology.
• Do not believe the obvious // Private inFlight Magazine, No. 1 (11), 2012 - on artificial trees: from familiar ones to projects of the future.
• The future is now (inaccessible link) // Discovery Magazine, No. 11 (23), 2010 - a popular article about the future of biotechnology, energy and a “transparent society”.
• The Tree of Life // Discovery Magazine, No. 7 (7), 2009, pp. 40-41 - an article on the prospects for using stem cells to treat people and the possibility of affordable prices for this therapy.
• No struldbrugs! // Discovery Magazine, No. 6, 2009, pp. 36-37 - on the social consequences of a radical extension of life.
• Aesthetics of the future // Discovery Magazine, No. 5, 2009, pp. 92-97, co-authored with Ekaterina Kokina - an article about the future of art, the relationship between technological progress and the arts.
• Our ultraviolet future // Discovery Magazine, No. 4, 2009, S. 18-23
• Are you at home on Jupiter? // Discovery Magazine, No. 3, 2009.
• Sexuality at the Crossroads // Sync Magazine, No. 5, 2008
• Cryonics in Russia . An article by Valeria Pride on Russian cryonics in English published in September 2007 in the American journal Immortalist.
• Does intelligence control human evolution? // The journal "Reality of fiction", No. 6 (46), 2007
• Ordered Technology Whirlwind or What is NBIC Convergence? // The journal "Reality of fiction", No. 11 (51), 2007
• Transhumanism - the road to the future // The Day After Tomorrow Magazine, No. 1, 2007
• The influence of intelligence on human evolution or the First axiom of transhumanism // Journal "Evolution" , No. 2, 2005 - an article on the evolutionary basis of transhumanism.

• 2017 // Sync Magazine, No. 4, 2008 - technology forecast for 2017.
• Sensuality vs intellect or David’s Struggle with Goliath or Sex and the Future , website of the Russian Transhumanist Movement , 03/29/2008, On the Future of Sexuality and Love.
• Futurama // MK Tula, 11/08/2011, about the future of work, education and lipfrogging.

• Asya Dunaevka. The first frost // Magazine "Big City", No. 11 (277) from 06/29/2011.
• D. Karpitskaya. 15 Russians went to the future // Moskovsky Komsomolets , No. 11 (25.529) from 01/21/2011.
• Success story of Valeria Pride - cryonics broadcast on Finam-FM radio 11/17/2010, hosted by Elena Likhacheva.
• R. Kretsul. Organs will be grown. The author of the action for allowing human cloning in Russia explained her motives // Gazet Vzglyad, 10/15/2010.
• Alisa Ksenevich. In Russia, already 14 people were frozen for the future // Obozrevatel newspaper (Belarus), 10/11/2010.
• Man: from evolution to auto design - an interview about transhumanism in the framework of Alexander Neklessa’s author’s program “The Future is Nearby” on Finam-FM radio 08/20/2010.
• E. Dorogova. Frost on the skin // Discovery Magazine No. 3 (15) 2010, pp. 38-44.
• “When will an iron man live next door?” Interview on cyborgization on Rossiya TV channel, April 3, 2009.
• A. Terekhov. Immortality for money: Cryo-frost is becoming a trend for the rich. // The magazine " RBC Business Style" from 01/22/2008
• V. Emelianenko. Posthumans are coming // Journal "Profile" No. 31 (539) from 08/27/2007
• K. Frumkin. The heirs of the oil throne (inaccessible link) // Journal "Company" No. 30 (475) of 08/20/2007
• D. Yatsutko. “If there is a chance to prolong life, not to try is just a crime” // Portal " XX2 Century ", 06/30/2014

Childbirth of the 21st century ^[8] . “Brainstorming” show, TVC

Valeria has repeatedly acted as a leading expert in the broadcast of the “Forecasts” channel of the TVC:

• The registry office becomes an anachronism ,
• Russia will become a country of bachelors
• There’s no sex in the next 10 years ,
• What will the Immortality project lead to? (inaccessible link)

In 2008, Valeria Pride recorded the only at that time in the world educational series of lectures on transhumanism entitled “Human Modification in the 21st Century”, repeatedly shown on SSU-TV ^[9] .

• The influence of intelligence on human evolution . One of the video lectures given by Valery Udalova on the SSU-TV channel in 2008.

• V. Pride Blog
• Female techno blog “Guests from the Future” , led by Valeria Pride