Outstanding personalities of Russia

For thousands of years people's mode of life was primitive. In a comparatively short period of time a gigantic leap has been made in science and technology. Much was done by people to reach the present state of human development.

It is necessary to say that great contribution to the development of world science was made by Russian scientists and inventors. Their names are world-known.

It is almost impossible to name a branch of science in the development of which the Russian scientists haven't played the greatest role.

M. Lomonosov was one of the most learned men in Europe. He was an outstanding innovator both in the humanities and sciences. He founded the first Russian University. He himself was the first University of Russia. Mendeleev's greatest discovery was the Periodic System of Elements. Popov invented radio. Sechenov and Pavlov were the world's greatest physiologists.

Russia is rightly called the mother of aviation and interplanetary navigation. Tsiolkovsky is the father of rocket flying. He formulated the principles of jet propelled flying machines for interplanetary communication. Mozhaisky's aeroplane was the first in the world.