From the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

In view of the bicentenary, to be celebrated on November 8, 1911, of the birth of the great Russian scholar Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov, the Imperial Academy of Sciences brings to general notice that prizes exist at the Academy for a scholarly biography of Lomonosov, to be awarded on the following grounds:

For the prize for a scholarly biography of Lomonosov, 4,000 rubles are allotted. Of these, 2,000 rubles constitute the grand prize, and the remaining 2,000 rubles constitute four small prizes, of 500 rubles each¹).

The grand prize is awarded for a scholarly biography of Lomonosov, with an assessment of his activity as a writer, scholar, and citizen.

In the scholarly biography of Lomonosov there must be given a complete depiction of all aspects of his activity and an evaluation of his works in the fields of physics, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, metallurgy, geography, statistics, political economy, Russian history, philology, and literature, with an explanation of the state in which these branches of knowledge stood in his time, and of what exactly was done by him in each of them. With respect to Lomonosov’s merits in philology and literature, special attention must be paid to his significance in the development of the Russian written language.

The small prizes are awarded for works embracing Lomonosov’s activity in the fields of: 1) physics and chemistry²), 2) mineralogy, geology, metallurgy; 3) philosophy and literature; 4) geography, statistics, political economy, and Russian history.

Original works in the Russian language, both printed and manuscript, are accepted for consideration for the prizes; works may be submitted either by the authors themselves or by full members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Manuscripts must be clearly written and either signed with the author’s name or without it, but with a motto and with the attachment of a sealed packet containing the author’s name.

Full members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences do not have the right to participate in the competition for the prizes.

The review of the scholarly biography of Lomonosov and the awarding of the prize for it are entrusted to the Imperial Academy of Sciences, which, in the competition year, at the January session of the General Meeting, appoints a commission of academicians for the preliminary examination of the works submitted for consideration. On the basis of the report of this commission, the awarding of the prize will be carried out at the December session of the General Meeting of the Conference.

The prizes may be issued only to the author himself or to his lawful heirs, but not to the publisher.

The deadline for submitting works for consideration for the prizes is set as January 1, 1912. The report on the awarding of the prizes will be read at the annual solemn session of the Academy on December 29, 1912, and then printed for general notice.

All prizes are awarded only once, and, upon the awarding of the four small prizes and one grand prize, the competition is closed.

April 1910.

¹) Of these, one small prize has already been awarded in 1907 to the work of V. I. Menzhutkin, “M. V. Lomonosov as a Physicist-Chemist,” St. Petersburg, 1904.

²) The prize for a work on Lomonosov’s activity in the field of physics and chemistry has already been awarded to the above-mentioned work of V. I. Menzhutkin.