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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.