The article below was written by Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev in 1911 to mark the bicentenary year of the birth of Mikhail Vasil’evich Lomonosov. P N Lebedev’s words about the sad fate of Russian science and Russian scientists (as exemplified by M V Lomonosov) unfortunately remain true in many respects today.

PACS: 01.60.+q, 01.65.+g (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201111d.1183 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/11/d/ 000300172000004 2011PhyU...54.1143L Citation: Lebedev P N "In memory of the first Russian scientist (1711-1911)" Phys. Usp. 54 1143–1146 (2011) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Лебедев П Н «Памяти первого русского учёного (1711-1911 гг.)» УФН 181 1183–1186 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201111d.1183 M.V. Lomonosov is author of Physics-Uspekhi