Imperial Moscow University

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Imperial Moscow University was one of the oldest universities of the Russian Empire, established in 1755. It was the first of the twelve imperial universities of the Russian Empire. Its legacy is cont

Building «Aptekarskij dom» on Red Square that housed Moscow University (1755–1787)

Main building of Moscow University in Mokhovaya Street (1787)

Auditor Corps of Moscow University in Mokhovaya Street (1835)

Professors of the Moscow University, who resigned in protest against the arbitrariness of the authorities. In the photo, sit: Vladimir Serbsky, Kliment Timiryazev, Nikolay Umov, Peter Minakov, Alexander Manuilov, Mikhail Menzbier, Alexander Focht, Vasily Shervinsky, Witold Tseraski, Evgeny Trubetskoy; stand: Ivan Alexinsky, Vladimir Roth, Nikolay Zelinskiy, Pyotr Lebedev, Alexander Eikhenvald, Gabriel Shershenevich, Veniamin Khvostov, Alexander Alexeev,

Mikhail Lomonosov

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Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus,

Imperial Moscow University

…of the Russian Empire, established in 1755. It was the first of the twelve imperial universities of the Russian Empire. Its legacy is continued as Lomonosov Moscow State University, which occupies some of its original buildings. Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow…

Portrait by Georg Caspar Prenner [fr], 1787

The Lomonosov house in Marburg, Germany

The most grandiose of Lomonosov's mosaics depicts the Battle of Poltava.

Catherine II of Russia visits Mikhail Lomonosov in 1764. 1884 painting by Ivan Feodorov.