The book includes two historical stories about the great Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov. The story “The Peasant Son of Mikhailo Lomonosov” by S.A. Andreev-Krivich tells about Lomonosov’s youthful years, about his desire for knowledge and education. The author collected all the known documentary materials about this period of Mikhail Lomonosov’s life and based on them he built his interesting story. “The Tale of the Great Pomor” by N. A. Ravich is dedicated to Lomonosov’s activities at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, his struggle for Russian science, for the opening of the first university in Russia. It tells about Lomonosov's works in various fields of science, literature and art, about selfless service to his people. For middle and high school age.