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Usitalo Steven |
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The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : a Russian national myth / / Steven A. Usitalo |
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Boston, MA, : Academic Studies Press, 2013 |
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Brighton, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-61811-672-X |
1-61811-195-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Imperial encounters in Russian history |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, Russian - 18th century |
Enlightenment - Russia |
Russia Civilization 18th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Honor and Status in Lomonosov's "Autobiography" -- Chapter 2. Russia's "Own Platos and Quick-Witted Newtons": Inventing the Scientist -- Chapter 3. Lomonosov in the Age of Pushkin -- Chapter 4. Commemorating Russia's "First Scientist" -- Chapter 5. Boris Menshutkin and the "Rediscovery" of Lomonosov -- Epilogue. Afterlife of the Myth -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the intersection in Russian culture of attitudes towards the meaning and significance of science, as well as about the rise of a Russian national identity, of which Lomonosov became an outstanding symbol. Idealized depictions of Lomonosov were employed by Russian scientists, historians, and poets, among others, in efforts to affirm to their countrymen and to the state the pragmatic advantages of science to a modernizing nation. In setting forth this assumption, Usitalo notes that no sharply drawn division can be upheld between the utilization of the |
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