Postcard made in the Soviet Union with the monument of M. B. Lomonosov in the village of Lomonosov. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-1765) 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. Founder of modern geology. Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.