He improved the telescope, laid the foundations for the theory of continental drift and the science of glass, predicted the existence of Antarctica and the atmosphere of Venus, and created the best Russian university. Lomonosov is one of those outstanding people who are rightly called encyclopedists. He left his mark on dozens of areas of human knowledge. Truly - this is "Russian everything." The fate of the scientist is amazing, and Lomonosov's activities are multifaceted. However, sometimes he is “too far from the people”, so we like to make any information boring, academically emasculated. Let's try to write our own short biography of the hero, woven from events little known to the general public.
Lomonosov. Interesting facts from life: birth
- Mikhail Vasilyevich was born on November 19, 1711. On the same day, in different years, the outstanding Indian politician Indira was born. Gandhi, the brilliant Cuban chess player, world champion, Jose Raul Capablanca, the famous fashion designer Calvin Klein, twice Oscar-winning American Jodie Foster and hundreds of other famous people. The day seems to be like this.
- Son Michael was the only child in the family of a 30-year-old Pomor and the daughter of a deacon.
- About 160 people live in the homeland of the scientist, in the village of Lomonosovo, Arkhangelsk region. The settlement has not become famous for anything else in history.
Lomonosov. Interesting facts from life: childhood and youth
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Lomonosov facts Misha was 9 years old when he was left without a mother. The father remarried, but after 3 years, the second wife also passed away. Pomor brings a third life partner into the house, who is very similar to the evil stepmother from folk tales - she does not like her 13-year-old stepson at all.
- The "second mother" constantly took away books from Mikhail, got angry at his thirst for knowledge.
- Unlike Mitrofanushka from "Undergrowth", Lomonosov did not want to get married: upon learning that his father had found a wife for him, the future scientist said he was ill.
- At the age of 19, he secretly ran away from home to Moscow. The fish train journey took 3 weeks.
Lomonosov. Interesting facts from life: education
- In the first university in Russia - the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy - the future encyclopedist entered on false documents - he pretended to be a noble son.
- Lomonosov's scholarship was 3 kopecks a day. With this money you could buy about 1.5 kilograms of meat, or about 4kilograms of bread. There was not enough money, so Mikhail, like many current students, had to earn extra money.
- From his father, Lomonosov did not ask for financial assistance. But one of the countrymen who came annually with fish to the capital, lent him money. Subsequently, before leaving abroad, Lomonosov returned the required amount to the creditor.
- Mikhail Vasilyevich studied 4 years in Moscow, 1 year each in Kyiv, St. Petersburg and Holland, 4 years in Germany.
Lomonosov. Interesting facts from life: family
- The scientist had one wife, the daughter of a German brewer. When Lomonosov left Germany for St. Petersburg, he completely “forgot” about her for two years. The wife had to look for the fugitive through the Russian embassy. The chemist did not deny the fact of marriage and helped his wife move to Russia.
- According to various sources, two or three young children died at the Lomonosovs. Only one daughter survived, Elena.
Unknown Lomonosov: facts from life
- During the study of atmospheric phenomena, the scientist's assistant, Georg Richter, died from ball lightning.
- Lomonosov was very strong physically, he loved to fight and once he was briefly imprisoned for a drunken brawl.
- The words "atom", "molecule", "temperature" were introduced by him.
These are just a few interesting facts from the life of the famous scientist, but they also give an idea of his character and habits.
