The question of where Lomonosov studied is likely to bewilder the current generation. Meanwhile, he is far from idle. Now, when young people are showing an increase in interest in the past of their country, it will not be shameful to recall its great sons. After all, history, as you know, is created by people.
Mikhailo Vasilyevich was born in the Arkhangelsk North. Lomonosov did not leave behind an autobiography or memoirs, and therefore it is not known exactly how his childhood and youth passed. It is only known that he was left without a mother early. The father (a kind man, but, according to the recollections of Lomonosov himself, “brought up in extreme ignorance”) married a couple more times, and his third chosen one became an evil stepmother for 9-year-old Misha.
The boy received his primary education from a local deacon S. N. Sabelnikov. The child's passion for books embittered the already unkind stepmother even more, as a result, life in the father's house became unbearable. Wanting to study, secretly from his father in 1730 he went to Moscow with a convoy. It is unlikely that any of his fellow travelers could assume that walking nearbythe boy will someday be called the luminary of Russian science. Let's talk about where Lomonosov, the first Russian natural scientist of world importance, encyclopedist, astronomer, chemist and physicist, poet, philologist, geologist, metallurgist, artist, historian and genealogist, studied.
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Many obstacles were in the way of his admission to school, he even had to impersonate the son of a Kholmogory nobleman. Be that as it may, the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy nevertheless accepted the young Pomor. Mikhailo Vasilievich was older than all the students of the school, and therefore he constantly endured ridicule from his younger comrades. However, neither the plight nor the attacks of others discouraged the desire to learn. Lomonosov immediately showed his extraordinary abilities. He was distinguished by perseverance and perseverance, for the year he passed the program of three classes. I binge read chronicles, patristics and other theological books taken from the library of the Zaikonospassky Monastery.
In 1734, Mikhail went to Kyiv and spent several months within the walls of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy.
In 1736, the school leadership received an order to choose the best student for studying at the university at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Considering the abilities of Mikhail Vasilievich, the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy chooses him. And what then? How was his future fate? Where did Lomonosov study next?
According to one of the versions, the theological career of the future great scientist was cut short before it could begin, as the story was revealedwith forged documents. As a result, the ordination did not take place, but a capable seminarian was sent to the field of natural science.
Under the guidance of V. E. Adodurov, he began to study mathematics, with Professor G. V. Kraft he got acquainted with experimental physics, independently studied versification. According to early biographers, during this rather short period of study at the St. Petersburg Academy, Lomonosov “listened to the initial foundations of philosophy and mathematics and applied himself to it with extreme willingness, practicing in the meantime in a poem, but nothing of these last works of his came out in print. He had an excellent propensity for experimental physics, chemistry and mineralogy.”
According to biographical data, in the same 1736, he was sent from St. Petersburg to learn mining in Germany. In addition to his stated training, Lomonosov strengthened his knowledge of the German language, learning French and Italian, dancing, drawing, and fencing. I got acquainted with the works of philosophers. There is no detailed information about how and where Lomonosov studied during this period. There are records that he spent three years in Marburg. There he met his beloved teacher Christian Wolf, and there he met his future wife. Russian students quickly became friends with their German classmates. Together they arranged youth feasts and parties. However, the purposeful Lomonosov spent his scholarship on books and an apartment. For him, studies and science always came first.
First scientific steps at home
In 1741, Lomonosov returned to Russia and beganwork at the Academy of Sciences. In 1745 he had already become a professor of chemistry and an academician. M. V. Lomonosov conducts scientific and literary activities. In an effort to develop domestic science, Mikhailo Vasilyevich seeks to open the first university in the country. And now this Moscow university bears his name.
Lomonosov himself was a unique scientist who made outstanding discoveries in completely different fields of knowledge: astronomy, physics, chemistry, linguistics and literature.
Literary activity of Lomonosov
Working on works in the field of exact sciences, Mikhailo Vasilievich did not forget about Russian speech. He created a new Russian grammar, brought colloquial and literary languages together. It is difficult to overestimate his contribution to the development of linguistics. In order to streamline the literary language, he proposed to limit the influence of Church Slavonic, as well as many foreign words, replacing them with expressions of native speech.
Lomonosov suggested using three styles - low, mediocre and high. High was to be used when writing odes, festive speeches, heroic poems. Medium style is acceptable for friendly correspondence. But the low one was suitable for creating comedy, writing epigrams and songs. Here, the use of colloquial vocabulary was easily allowed. So Lomonosov harmoniously combined the old and the new. His literary and poetic works had a huge impact on the further development of the Russian language and literature.
Scientific activity
Thisthe man possessed deep knowledge in the field of exact sciences, spoke several European languages. Natural genius allowed Lomonosov to lay the foundation of Russian technical terminology. The rules he formulated in this area are of great application at the present time. Often people, especially today's youth, do not even realize that many scientific terms proposed by scientists are still used today. Take at least the words that are now on everyone's lips: specific gravity, movement, experiments, the axis of the Earth …
Unfortunately, very little is known about Lomonosov's personal life, his wife and children. Almost all sources talk more about his scientific activities. Lomonosov's life was entirely devoted to science. Even in his odes, he called for work and the development of science for the good of the Fatherland.
