Mikhail Lomonosov in Germany: History of Reception and History of Translation
The article focuses on the reception of Mikhail Lomonosov's (the great Russian enlightener, poet and scientist) works in Germany and is based on the material of biographical discourse found in various works by German and Russian authors. Special attention is paid to Lomonosov's contribution to the very formation of the Russian literary language as well as the versification theory and the style theory he developed. The article contains a historical and literary analysis of Russian-German variations in a number of poetic texts authored and/or translated by Mikhail Lomonosov.