Michael Vasilyevich Lomonosov and St. Petersburg Academy of Science

Abstract

Three hundred years ago in 1711 the Great Russian scientist Michael Vasilyevich Lomonosov was born. He was skilled practically in all sciences of his time - mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, mining, philology, poetry, history, philosophy. He was a wonderful leader of Russian higher education and scientific research. All his life and scientific activity had been connected with the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.