USSR commemorative coin

275 th anniversary of Lomonosov

Par : 1 ruble

Release Date: 19.11.1986

Mint: Leningrad (LMD) (ST. Petersburg).

1988 Novodel

Mint: Leningrad Mint (LMD) ( ST. Petersburg)
Wrong date "1984" instead of "1986"

Mikhail (Mikhaylo) Vasilyevich Lomonosov ( November 19 [O.S. November 8] 1711– April 15 [O.S. April 4] 1765) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet, who created the basis of the modern Russian literary language.

Eager to improve Russia’s educational system, in 1755, Lomonosov joined his patron Count Ivan Shuvalov in founding the Moscow State University.

Lomonosov was proud to restore the ancient art of mosaics. In 1754, in his letter to Leonard Euler, he wrote that his three years of experiments on the effects of chemistry of minerals on their colour led to him became very involved into the mosaics art. In 1763, he set up a glass factory that produced the first stained glass mosaics outside of Italy. There were forty mosaics attributed to Lomonosov, with only twenty-four surviving to the present day. Among the best is the portrait of Peter the Great and the Battle of Poltava, measuring 4.8 x 6.4 meters.