Mikhail Lomonosov was born in November 19, 1711 in a small village near Kholmogory, Russia. Lomonosov is famous as a poet, scientist and linguistic reformer. Lomonosov was the son of a poor fisherman. At the age of 10 he started working with his father . In December 1730, he left his native village, penniless and on foot, for his father. Moscow. He wanted to and to join the learned men with whom the tsar Peter the study Great was transforming Russia into a modern nation.