Outstanding personalities of Russia

For thousands of years people's mode
of life was primitive. In a short period of time a gigantic leap was made by
people in science and technology to reach the present state of human
development. The world knows the names of many great scientists: chemists,
biologists etc.

The Russian inventors and scientists
made the great contribution to the development of world science. It's almost
impossible to name the branch of science in which the Russian inventors haven't
played the greatest role.

M. Lomonosov was one of the most
learnt men in Europe. He was an outstanding inventor both in humanities and
sciences. He founded the first Russian University.

The Great Russian scientist D. Mendeleev
discovered the Periodic Law of Elements. All future discoveries in the field of
chemistry and physics have been based on this law. His discovery made it
possible to find 38 new chemical elements to fill the empty spaces left in the
Periodic table.

Popov invented radio.

Pavlov and Sechenov were the world's
greatest physiologists.

The greatest event of the 20th
century was the flight man into space. Tsiolkovski is the father of rocket
flying. He worked out the theory of cosmic flights. Tciolkovski believed that
Mankind would not remain on Earth forever. With Gagarin's flight his dreams
came true.

Born in 1921 Sakharov an outstanding
scientist and public figure worked on hydrogen bomb and came to conclusion that
any atomic and nuclear weapon should be banned. He protested against the
invasion in Afghanistan, against any violation of human rights. Abroad he was
recognised as a civil rights activist and received the Nobel Prize. At home he
was persecuted, deprived of all his titles and orders and exiled to the city of
Gorky. Only in 1985 he was allowed to come back to Moscow. He was given back
all his titles and was elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet. He said that our
society should develop in a new direction and foresaw the changes that are
taking place now