Lomonosov, 8а школа 1750

By Igor, Alisher, Dasha, Olga, Galina, 8th Form, School 1750, Moscow

Coloured glass had been known in the world long before it appeared in Russia. Glass –blowers did not know how to make it.

Coloured glass

The first who learned that secret was Mikhail Lomonosov. The first chemical laboratory was opened in St.Petersburg, where Lomonosov made glass. Some of those examples are kept in Russian museums.

In order to use the results of his

work in practice Lomonosov

decided to build a factory.

He wrote a letter to Count

Shuvalov, who had a great

influence, describing

importance and advantages of

such a factory. Shuvalov

supported Lomonosov.

A FACTORY IN UST- RUDITSA

The letter

addressed to

Shuvalov was

written in a form of a

poem. After reading

this letter, the

Senate gave

Lomonosov a

permission to build

a factory for glass

producing.

The area near the

town of

Oranienbaum, was

given to build the

factory. The project of

the factory was made

by Lomonosov. For

the foundation bricks

were necessary, so,

a brick factory was

built near Ust-

Ruditsa. Mechanical

work was performed

with the help of the

Ruditsa watermill.

The factory was built within two years. Lomonosov sent skilled

workers abroad to learn at different glass factories.

The Russian factory was opened in the spring of 1754. The factory

manufactured coloured tableware.

M.V.Lomonosov was interested not only in clear glass. He dealt with smalt too. One day he saw Count Shuvalov mosaic portrait made in Italy. Lomonosov decided to make mosaic pictures in Russia. He got a lot of coloursmalt in his laboratory, then built a factory for making colour smalt in Ust-Ruditsa.

Lomonosov made his own mosaic pictures.His works:

Portrait of Peter I

Count Shuvalov

A magnificent glass painting "Battle of Poltava" , 42 square meters, is on display in Academy of Science in St. Petersburg.