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Mikhail
Vasilyevich Lomonosov
* 1711 in Mischaninskaja
+ 1765 in Saint Petersburg
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist
and writer,
who made important contributions to literature, education, and
science.
Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of
conservation of mass in chemical reactions.
His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics,
mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others.
Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the
modern Russian literary language.
2018 J. Giesen