Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov (1711-1765) is the founder of Russian materialistic philosophy and the founder of Russian science, one of the outstanding materialist scientists of the 18th century, whom the Soviet people are rightfully proud of. An inexhaustible passion for science, love for his people, an irreconcilable struggle against everyone who hindered the development of Russian science and the training of national scientific personnel, characterized Lomonosov, and for all this our people are grateful to him...