Editing List of Russian people (section)

===Polymaths===
*[[Alexander Borodin]], chemist and composer, author of the famous opera ''[[Prince Igor]]'', discovered [[Borodin reaction]], co-discovered [[Aldol reaction]]
*[[Alexander Chizhevsky]], interdisciplinary scientist, biophysicist, philosopher and artist, founder of [[heliobiology]] and modern [[air ionification]], [[Russian cosmist]]
*[[Mikhail Lomonosov]], polymath scientist, artist and inventor; founder of the [[Moscow State University]]; proposed the law of [[conservation of matter]]; disproved the [[phlogiston theory]]; invented [[coaxial rotor]] and the first [[helicopter]];[[File:Lomonosovportrait.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Mikhail Lomonosov]]]] invented the [[night vision telescope]] and [[off-axis reflecting telescope]]; discovered the [[atmosphere of Venus]]; suggested the [[organic matter|organic]] origin of [[soil]], [[peat]], [[coal]], [[petroleum]] and [[amber]]; pioneered the research of [[atmospheric electricity]]; coined the term ''[[physical chemistry]]''; the first to record [[freezing]] of [[mercury (element)|mercury]]; co-developed the [[Russian porcelain]], re-discovered [[smalt]] and created a number of [[mosaic]]s dedicated to [[Peter the Great|Petrine era]]; author of an early account of [[Russian history]] and the first opponent of the [[Normanist theory]]; reformed Russian literary language by combining [[Old Church Slavonic]] with vernacular tongue in his early grammar; influenced [[Russian poetry]] through his [[ode]]s
*[[Vladimir Obruchev]], geologist, paleontologist, geographer and explorer of [[Siberia]] and [[Central Asia]], author of the comprehensive ''Geology of [[Siberia]]'' and two popular [[science fiction]] novels, ''[[Hollow Earth|Plutonia]]'' and ''[[Sannikov Land]]''
*[[Peter Simon Pallas]], polymath naturalist, geographer, ethnographer, philologist, explorer of [[European Russia]] and [[Siberia]], discoverer of the first [[pallasite]] meteorite ([[Krasnojarsk meteorite]]) and multiple animals, including the [[Pallas's cat]], [[Pallas's squirrel]], and [[Pallas's gull]]
*[[Yakov Perelman]], a founder of [[popular science]], author of many popular books, including the ''Physics Can Be Fun'' and ''Mathematics Can Be Fun''
*[[Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky]], geographer, geologist, entomologist, explorer of the [[Tian Shan Mountains]], discoverer of the Peak [[Khan Tengri]], for 40 years the head of the [[Russian Geographical Society]], statistician, organiser of the first [[Russian Empire Census]]
*[[Vasily Tatishchev]], statesman, economist, geographer, ethnographer, philologist and historian, supervisor of the first instrumental mapping of Russia, coloniser of the [[Urals]] and Siberia, founder of [[Perm, Russia|Perm]] and [[Yekaterinburg]], discovered and published ''[[Russkaya Pravda]]'', ''[[Sudebnik]]'' and the controversial ''[[Ioachim Chronicle]]'', wrote the first full-scale account of Russian history, compiled the first [[encyclopedic dictionary]] of [[Russian language]]
*[[Vladimir Vernadsky]], philosopher, geologist, a founder of [[geochemistry]], [[biogeochemistry]] and [[radiogeology]], creator of [[noosphere]] theory, popularized the term ''[[biosphere]]'', major [[Russian cosmist]]
*[[Ivan Yefremov]], paleontologist, philosopher, sci-fi and historical novelist, founder of [[taphonomy]], author of ''[[The Land of Foam]]'', ''[[Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale]]'' and ''[[Thais of Athens]]''