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Lomonosov (ləmənô`səf), formerly Oranienbaum (orä`nyənboum), city (1989 pop. 42,000), NW European Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. It is a rail terminus and summer resort and has foundries and brick factories. In Lomonosov are a palace built (1710–25) by Peter I and the "Chinese Palace," built (1762–68) by Catherine the Great. The city was part of the Soviet bridgehead on the Gulf of Finland during the German siege of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in World War II. It was renamed in 1948 in memory of scientist, poet, and glassmaker M. V. Lomonosov. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Lomonosov made the next step in the development of naval sciences in Russia by publishing, in 1759, his work Dissertation on Greater Accuracy of Navigation. From 1949 through the late 1980s, the front generally lined up with a submerged mountain range called the Lomonosov Ridge, which runs from northern Greenland toward eastern Siberia, passing close to the North Pole. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1966; finished postgraduate studies at the F. |
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